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CITY OF TORONTO

1961

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COMPILED OF

EDGAR NORRIS

CITY CLERK 7 (j 2 4 1 3

CITY HALL BUSINESS HOURS

frthb Monday to Friday— 8.30 a.m. to 4.30
/ 1 (p ! Offices are closed all day Saturday

p.m.

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN TORONTO, 1961

(a)

New Year’s Day .

. January 1

(a)

Good Friday .

March 31

(a)

Easter Monday .

. April 3

(a)

Victoria Day and

Queen’s Birthday

May 22

(a)

Dominion Day .

. July 1

(b)

Civic Holiday .

August 7

(a)

Labour Day

. September 4

(a)

Thanksgiving Day .

October 9

(a)

Remembrance Day .

November 1 1

(a) Christmas Day . December 25

(b) Boxing Day . December 26, 1961

(a) New Year’s Day . January 1, 1962

(a) Statutory holiday fixed by the Government of
Canada.

( b ) Public holiday proclaimed by the City Council.

Daylight Saving Time 1961

Commences at 2 a.m., Sunday, April 30th, and
Terminates at 2 a.m., Sunday, October 29th.

EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALLS

Residents in Metropolitan Toronto may call
EM. 1-1111 for the following Emergency
Calls—

FIRE POLICE AMBULANCE

HARBOUR POLICE (Life Saving Service)
CIVIL DEFENCE

FOREWORD

This Municipal Handbook is compiled annually
under the direction of the Council of the Corpora¬
tion of the City of Toronto to furnish the citizens
of Toronto, and others, with official information
relative to the administration of the City. It is
presented in the hope that its perusal may
stimulate and encourage the citizens generally
to take a greater interest in the communal life
of their City and in good municipal government,
which, in the last analysis, is the basis of sound
democratic government.

For the convenience of readers a municipal
directory containing the names of members of
Council, committees, boards and commissions,
heads of departments, Metropolitan Council and
committees, etc., has been included on coloured
paper at the back of the handbook.

A compilation of statistics on Toronto has been
included on pages 270 to 282. Information
pertaining to the Municipality of Metropolitan
Toronto may be found on pages 235 to 243
and 322 to 327.

C. EDGAR NORRIS,

City Clerk.

Toronto, May 20, 1961.

MAYOR’S

CHAIN OF OFFICE

Presented to the City of

1950,

Toronto on March 6
by the representatives of
nineteen Toronto business
firms who had successfully
survived more than one hundred
years of competition and are still
active and vigorous in business
and in industry in the City of
Toronto. In presenting the Chain
of Office the representatives of
the business firms requested that
it be worn by the Mayor, for the
time being, on all occasions in
which he appears in his official
capacity, as a mark of their
pride in the City in which they
live and in recognition of the
i great responsibilities and
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Queen's Park

THE MAYOR OF TORONTO

NATHAN PHILLIPS, Q.C.

Mayor Nathan Phillips, Q.C., son of the late Jacob
Joseph and Mary Phillips, of Cornwall, Ontario, was born
in Brockville, Ontario, on November 7tn, 1 892. His maternal
and paternal grand-parents immigrated to Canada almost
a century ago, the former settling in the County of Glengarry,
where the Mayor’s mother was born, and the latter settling
in Ottawa. He received his early education in the Cornwall
Public School and Collegiate, and on his 16th birthday,
he was articled as a student at law. In 1 91 3, he graduated
from Osgoode Hall as a Barrister-at-Law, and he has
practised his profession in Toronto ever since. In 1 929, he
was created a King’s Counsel. He was first elected to the
Toronto City Council in 1924 as an Alderman for Ward 4,
and served in that capacity for 28 consecutive years. In
1955 he was elected Mayor and re-elected in 1956. Again
in the years 1 957, 1959 and 1961 he was re-elected for
two-year terms and is now serving his 7th year as Mayor
and 35th year as a member of the Toronto City Council.

Mayor Phillips married Esther Lyons, daughter of the
late Jacob H. and Amelia Lyons, in 1917, and they have
two children, Madeline (Mrs. Arthur G. Brodey of Sarnia),
and Howard A. Phillips, Q.C., of Toronto, and eight grand¬
children. The latter are Michael Phillips Brodey, Jo-Ann
Brodey, Gerald Lyons Brodey, John David Phillips, Linda
Ruth Phillips, Jeffrey Mohr Phillips, James Grant Phillips
and Lois Sandra Phillips.

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DONALD D. SUMMERVILLE, Controller
President of the Council and
Vice-Chairman, Board of Control

WM. R. ALLEN, Q.C., Controller

WILLIAM DENNISON, Controller
PHILIP G. GIVENS, B.A., Controller

ALDERMEN

FRED
BEAVIS
Ward 1

B. MICHAEL
GRAYSON
Ward 2

WILLIAM L.
ARCHER
Ward 3

KENNETH
WATERS
Ward 1

MRS. MARGARET
CAMPBELL, Q.C.
Ward 2

CHARLES
TIDY
Ward 3

HORACE
BROWN
Ward 4

HAROLD
MENZIES
Ward 5

DAVID
ROTENBERG
WARD 4

JOSEPH J.
PICC'NINNI
Ward 5

WM. C.

DAVIDSON, Q.C.
Ward 7

THOMAS A.
WARDLE
Ward 8

ALDERMEN

KENNETH
OSTRANDER
Ward 9

MRS. MAY
ROBINSON
Ward 6

ALEX

HODGINS
Ward 8

FRANK L.
NASH, Q.C.
Ward 9

W. FRANK
CLIFTON
Ward 6

MRS. MARY
TEMPLE
Ward 7

C. EDGAR NORRIS
City Clerk

1961 Skyline from Toronto Bay

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M AYOR

CITY OF TORONTO
AWARD OF MERIT

On September 10, 1956, City Council

established a policy of presenting Awards of
Merit, in the form of a suitably inscribed
medallion to persons who have attained dis¬
tinction and renown in various fields of en¬
deavour and to carry out this policy, City
Council appointed a Committee representing
various interests including music, education,
community, business, labour, sports and press.

In accordance with recommendations made
by the Committee, Civic Awards of Merit have
been presented by City Council to citizens for
distinguished service as follows:

Year of

Award Name

1958 Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, P.C., C.H.,
Governor General of Canada

1958 Charles H. Best, C.B.E., M.A., M.D., D.Sc.

1 958 Sigmund Samuel, LL.D.

1958 Hon. Sidney E. Smith, Q.C., M.A., LL.D.,
D.C.L., D.Litt., F.R.S.C.

1958 Healey Willan, Mus.D., LL.D., F.R.C.O.

1 959 Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, P.C., Q.C., B.A.

1959 Lady Flora McCrea Eaton, LL.D.

1 959 Robert A. Laidlaw, LL.D.

1 5

Year of

Award Name

1959 Harry Isaac Price

1959 Dr. Alexander Young Jackson

1959 Leonard W. Brockington, C.M.G., Q.C.,

LL.D., D.C.L.

1959 Hon. John Keiller Mackay, D.S.O., V.D.,

Q. C., LL.D., D.C.L., Lieutenant-Gover¬
nor, Province of Ontario.

1 959 Bessie Touzel

1959 Edwin John Pratt, C.M.G., M.A., Ph.D.,

F.R.S.C., D.Litt., D.C.L., LL.D.

1959 Walter Lockhart Gordon, F.C.A.

1961 Douglas White Ambridge, C.B.E., B.Sc.

1 961 Col. The Hon. Herbert Alexander Bruce,

R. A.M.C., M.D., L.R.C.P. (Lon.),

F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), LL.D.

1961 Edgar Gordon Burton, C.B.E.

1961 Morley Edward Callaghan, B.A.

1961 Frederick Robert MacKelcan, Q.C.,

LL.B.

1 96 1 Frank D. Smith.

1961 Omond McKillop Solandt, O.B.E., M.A.,

M.D., D.Sc., LL.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.S.C.

Prior to the appointment of the Committee,
Awards of Merit were presented to Miss Marilyn
Bell and Mr. Clifford Lumsdon, for their achieve¬
ments in marathon swimming

An Aerial View of Downtown Toronto — >•

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TORONTO’S NEW CITY HALL

Architecturally imposing, dramatic in concep¬
tion and imaginative in design, aptly describes
Toronto’s new City Hall.

The forecourt, or Civic Square, complements
the strikingly different City Hall and provides a
vista that will be awe-inspiring.

The Square will be surrounded by a colon¬
nade lending distinction to a beautifully de¬
signed public square where citizens may pause
or stroll free from the noise and hazards of
traffic.

A reflecting pool will mirror the towers and
provide a focal point of interest with fountains
and special illumination.

In the Winter artificial ice will be created in
the pool to provide a large skating surface
adequately served with dressing-rooms to
change skates.

A suitable cenotaph will be designed for the
Square to honour those that paid the supreme
sacrifice in all Wars defending Canada.

Plants and trees will be provided in the Civic
Square where possible for decorative and shade
purposes.

The now world-famous design was selected
in April, 1 958, as the winner of an international
competition which attracted entries from 520
architects from 42 countries.

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Toronto’s New City Hall — Continued

The winning design was that of Viljo Revell of
Helsinki, Finland, and his associates, Heikki
Castren, Bengt Lundsten and Seppo Valjus.

In April, 1959, City Council signed an agree¬
ment with the architect and his Toronto associates,
John B. Parkin and John C. Parkin, to carry out
the architectural commission.

In November, 1959, the architects were
authorized to proceed with the second stage of
the project, including the preparation of work¬
ing drawings and specifications that will be
completed early this Spring.

With its combination of striking building
design and generous provision for landscaped
open space, the new City Hall and Square is
expected to spark the redevelopment of land
on all sides and become an attraction of civic
pride and interest.

The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto will
share with the City of Toronto as joint occupants
of the new building.

Here are some architectural and statistical
highlights of the project:

The southern half of the 1 1-acre site is de¬
voted to the Civic Square, which includes a
pool reflecting both the old and new City
Halls. From the Square there are two main
entrances to the Hall: one, the public entrance

Toronto’s New City Hall — Continued

into a large, round room where public
business is transacted; and two, the ramped
ceremonial entrance to the Council Chamber.

A two-storey podium covers the northern
half of the site, containing the offices most
generally used by the public, such as tax
payment, City and County Registry, Land
Titles Office, libraries, etc.

The saucer-shaped Council Chamber is
planned to accommodate the Mayor or Chair¬
man, distinguished guests, the Clerk, 30
elected representatives, 20 Department
Heads and the Press. There will also be pub¬
lic seating for 310 persons and provision for
televising. Surrounding the unit is a gallery
from which a good view of the Square and
surrounding buildings can be obtained.

The two curved towers accommodating the
various City and Metropolitan Departments
rise from the podium on either side of the
Council Chamber. The west tower containing
1 9 floors rises to a height of 249 feet
6 inches and the east tower, 26 floors, 315
feet 6 inches.

Calculated cost of the project, namely, new
City Hall and Civic Square is $26,500,000.00
plus the architect’s fees; estimated time for
construction is three and one-half years from
the time building is started.

GIFTS RECEIVED BY THE CORPORATION

The following is a list of gifts and bequests
received by the Corporation. This includes
parks and playgrounds, recreational facilities
and equipment of a permanent nature, also
funds received and held in trust by the Cor¬
poration for a specified purpose. In the case
of the trust funds the annual earnings only are
expended for the purpose indicated.

A list is also included of persons and organiza¬
tions making an annual donation to the Corpora¬
tion to provide trophies, prizes and gifts for
children participating in the recreational pro¬
gram of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

In addition to the gifts listed, the Corporation
receives from public spirited citizens from time
to time donations for various other purposes.

Name of Donor and Gift Year

John S. Howard

High Park, 120 acres 1873

Ontario Industrial Loan

Bellwoods Park, 4.12 acres 1882

Brown Memorial Fund

For maintenance of memorial to the

Honourable the late George Brown 1887

J. P. Clark

Carlton Park, 1.37 acres 1891

Name of Donor and Gift Year

Cathedral of St. Alban The Martyr

St. Albans Square, .484 acres 1891

Volunteer Memorial Fund

For maintenance of memorial to the
memory of Volunteers who lost their
lives in the Fenian Raid 1 868 1 903

South African Volunteer Monument Fund 1915

W. H. Cawthra

Cawthra Playground, .47 acres 1922

David Moncur

Moncur Memorial Park, .736 acres 1922

Toronto Manor Estates Ltd.

Glebe Manor Square, .89 acres 1922

Mrs. Susie M. D. Massey

Dentonia Park, 60 acres 1 926

F. G. Osier

Craigleigh Gardens, 1 1 acres 1 926

J. D. O'Connell Picnic Fund

To provide outings and Christmas

gifts for city orphans 1 927

College Heights Association

Peter Pan Statue, Avenue Road Sq. 1928

H. H. Williams

Fountain, Avenue Road Square 1929

Name of Donor and Gift Year

Robert Burns Memorial Fund

For maintenance of Robert Burns

Memorial 1 930

Henry C. Stevens Fund

To provide seats in parks 1 935

Beaches Business Mens Association

Memorial Fountain, Kew Gardens 1945

Wm. T. Harris Estate

Woodgreen Park, 25.937 acres 1951

Beaches Lions Club

Wading Pool, Kew Gardens 1953

Fred S. Orpen

Wading Pool, Dufferin Park 1954

Beaches Lions Club

Playground equipment, Kew Gardens 1954
Mrs. Madge Hogarth

Wading Pool, Moss Park 1956

Kinsmen Club, East Toronto

Playground equipment Moncur

Playground 1956

Mrs. Miriam Nightingale

Drinking Fountain, High Park 1 957

Mrs. Madge Hogarth

Wading Pool, Pape Avenue 1957

Name of Donor and Gift Year

Beaches Lions Club

Wading Pool, Woodbine Park 1958

James Nicholson Bequest

For the purchase of park benches and

seats 1 959

C. F. Basil Tippet

Wading Pool, Willowdale Park 1959

R. W. McClain

Rosetta McClain Park, 4.5 acres 1 959

City of Tokyo

2,000 Japanese Cherry Trees 1 959

Ernest David Lott

Ornamental drinking fountain 1960

List of persons and organizations making an
annual donation to provide trophies, prizes and
gifts for children participating in the recrea¬
tional program of the Department of Parks and
Recreation.

Hon. David J. Walker, Q.C., M.P., P.C.

Hon. Roland Michener, Q.C., M.P.

Mr. H. J. Price, Q.C., M.P.P.

Mr. A. Lawrence, Q.C., M.P.P.

Cloke Construction Company

Moss Park Old Boys Association

Kinsmen Club of Toronto

Messrs. George Taylor and Oscar Pearson
Ward Two Business Men’s Association
Candyland Company Limited
Borden Ice Cream Co., Limited
Canada Dry Limited
Toronto Plating Company
Pringle and Booth Limited
Mrs. M. Campbell (Alderman)

Mr. George Wilson

48th Highlanders Club of Toronto

Central Lion’s Club

Mr. Edward Roxborough

Regent Park Old Boys Association

Mr. Frank Dearlove

Dominion Food Stores

Loblaws Limited

McCormick Old Boys

West Toronto Kinsmen

Hollywood-Starr Limited

Balmy Beach Canoe Club

Ferriman's Service Station

Mr. Chris Stavro

Baron Byng Legion

Beaches Lions

Forrest Auto Electric

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
AND ELECTIONS

The Government of the City of Toronto is
vested in a Municipal Council under the pro¬
visions of The Municipal Act passed by the
Government of the Province of Ontario.

The Council is composed of the Mayor and
four members of the Board of Control, elected
by the voters at large, and eighteen Aldermen,
elected from the nine wards into which the City
is divided, two from each ward, making a total
membership of 23.

Legislation enacted at the 1 956 session of the
Ontario Legislature provides that in the City of
Toronto and the twelve area municipalities of
Metropolitan Toronto, meetings of electors for
the nomination of candidates for council and
for any local board, any members of which are
to be elected by ballot by the electors, shall be
held in the year 1 956 and in every second year
thereafter on the second Monday preceding the
first Monday in December, that election day
shall be the first Monday in December and the
polls shall be open between 10.00 o’clock a.m.
and 8.00 o’clock p.m. It also provides that
before the first day of November during the
year in which the election is to be held that a
by-law shall be passed naming the place or
places and time or times at which the nomina¬
tion meeting or meetings shall be held and that

Municipal Government — Continued

the members of council and of such local boards
shall hold office for a two-year term and until
their successors are elected and the new council
or board is organized.

The Council, as a whole, is the legis¬
lative body of the Municipality and carries on
its work through the Board of Control and the
following Standing Committees, viz.: Committee
on Public Works, Committee on Buildings and
Development, Committee on Parks and Exhibi¬
tions, and Committee on Public Welfare, Fire
and Legislation.

The Board of Control is the executive
body of Council and, as such, is responsible for
the preparation of the annual estimates, the
regulation and supervision of all matters re¬
lating to finances and expenditures, the con¬
sideration and revision of all by-laws and
agreements that may be authorized by the
Council; the supervision and control of all books,
documents, vouchers and securities belonging to
the Corporation; the renting or leasing of any
property belonging to the Corporation; the pre¬
paration of specifications, calling for tenders
and the awarding of all contracts for works,
materials and supplies required by the Corpora¬
tion; the nomination to Council of heads of
departments in case of a vacancy; the carrying
on of public works authorized by Council and

Municipal Government — Continued

the general administration of the affairs of the
City, except as to the Department of Education
which is under the control of the Board of
Education elected by the voters biennially
(similar to Council, two members elected from
each of the nine wards in the City).

The Council, without a two-thirds vote, cannot
reverse or vary the action of the Board of
Control in respect to tenders, when the effect
of such vote would be to increase the cost of the
work, or to award the contract to a tenderer
other than the one to whom the Board has
awarded it. The Municipal Act also provides
that the Council shall not appropriate or expend
any sum not provided for in the Estimates, or a
supplementary Estimate approved and certified
by the Board of Control without a two-thirds
vote of Council. The Board of Control is
vested with power to dismiss or suspend any
Head of Department and forthwith report same
to Council, and such official cannot be re¬
appointed or re-instated, without a two-thirds
vote of Council. The Heads of Departments,
under the provision of a by-law, have full power
to dismiss, suspend or demote any subordinate
officer, clerk or employee.

All reports of Committees are submitted first
to the Board of Control, and then transmitted by
that body to the City Council together with

Municipal Government — Continued

recommendations regarding any amendments as
the Board may deem advisable.

The Local Board of Health is a statutory
body and not a Committee of Council. It derives
its authority under the provisions of The Public
Health Act. The said Act provides that, in a city
having a population of 1 00,000 or over, accord¬
ing to the enumeration of the assessors for the last
preceding year, the Council may by by-law pro-
videthatthe local board shall consist of the Mayor,
the Medical Officer of Health and five resident
ratepayers, at least two of whom shall not be
members of the Council, who shall be appointed
annually by the Council at its first meeting in
every year.

By-law No. 1 6064 provides that the Local
Board of Health of the City of Toronto shall
consist of the Mayor, the Medical Officer of
Health and five resident ratepayers, at least
two of whom shall not be members of the
Council, who shall be appointed annually by
the Council at its first meeting in every year.
Three of the five resident ratepayers appointed
by the City Council, this year, were elected rep¬
resentatives, namely, Alderman Tidy, chairman;
Alderman Menzies, and Alderman Ostrander,
the other two resident ratepayers appointed
being Dr. E. A. Linell and Dr. C. C. Goldring.

The City Council, on December 1 0, 1 945, on

Municipal Government — Continued

the recommendation of the Local Board of
Health, approved of the establishment of a
policy, that one of the five members to be
appointed to the Local Board of Health by the
City Council, shall be a nominee of the Academy
of Medicine.

The function of the Board is to give direction
to the enforcement of the provisions of The
Public Health Act and regulations, and of all
civic by-laws of health import.

INFORMATION RELATING TO
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

VOTERS’ LISTS

The names of persons entitled to vote at
Municipal Elections are entered on either the
Municipal Voters’ List compiled in accordance
with the Voters’ Lists Act, or on the Resident
Voters’ List prepared according to The Municipal
Franchise Extension Act.

Every person shall be entitled to be entered
on the Municipal Voters' List who is,

(a) of the full age of 21 years;

(b) a British Subject by birth or naturalization;

Municipal Elections— Continued

(d) rated or entitled to be rated for an
amount of $400 on the last revised Assess¬
ment Roll of the City of Toronto, for land
held in his or her own right as owner or
tenant or who is the wife or husband of
the person so rated or entitled to be
rated for land as owner or tenant.

{To be rated as a tenant of a domestic establishment
it is necessary to occupy two or more rooms in which
the occupants usually sleep and prepare and serve
meals.)

Every person shall be entitled to be entered
on the Resident Voters’ List who,

(a) is of the full age of 2 1 years on or before
the 1st day of October in the year in
which the Resident Voters’ List is prepared;

(b) is a British Subject by birth or naturaliza¬
tion;

(c) has resided in the municipality for the last
twelve months next preceding the 1st day
of January of the year in which the
Resident Voters’ List is to be prepared;

(d) is not entitled to be entered on the Voters’
List prepared under The Voters’ Lists Act,
and

(e) is not disqualified under any Act or other¬
wise prohibited by law from voting.

{Persons entered on the Resident's Voters' List are
not entitled to vote for the Trustees to be elected to the
School Boards .)

Municipal Elections — Continued

The City Clerk, pursuant to The Voters’ Lists Act,
causes to be inserted, once a week for three
weeks in such daily newspapers published in
the City as may be directed by the Judge, notice
calling upon persons who are aware of errors
or omissions in the Lists, or of any change by
reason of death or removal of any person named
therein, or of any person who has acquired the
necessary qualifications as a voter since the
return of final revision of the Assessment Roll
for any Ward, to give notice of the same. The
notice in the newspapers names a time and place
at which the Judge will hold a Court for revising
the Lists for the whole city.

The notice given in the newspapers about the
first of October in each year, as to the posting
of the Voters’ Lists by the City Clerk, is the
citizen's last and final opportunity to have his
name added to the Voters’ List. Fourteen days
are allowed in which to examine the Lists and, if
the same are not correct, to enter an appeal to
have same corrected in accordance with the
facts. It is the paramount duty of citizens to
see that their name is included in the Voters’
List, and also to exercise their municipal fran¬
chise on Election Day, as a means of furthering
the good government of their particular muni¬
cipality.

Municipal Elections — Continued

VOTING ON QUESTIONS AND BY-LAWS

The persons qualified to vote on a money by¬
law shall be those persons shown on the Voters’
List as (1) owners; (2) tenants whose lease
extends for the time for which the debt is to be
created or in which the money to be raised by
the proposed by-law is payable, or for at least
twenty-one years, and who have by the lease
covenanted to pay all municipal taxes in respect
of the property, other than local improvement
rates, provided they make and file with the
City Clerk not later than the tenth day before
the day appointed for taking the vote, a de¬
claration under the Canada Evidence Act, so
stating; (3) the nominee of a corporation
assessed upon the last revised roll as owner or
lessee of property provided the said corpora¬
tion, not later than the tenth day before the
time appointed for taking the vote, files with
the Clerk an appointment in writing of a person
to vote as its nominee and on its behalf.

In a city divided into wards, a voter shall be
entitled to vote on a money by-law in each ward
in which he has prescribed qualification, but
shall not be entitled to vote more than once on
any other by-law or on any question submitted
to the electors, unless it is otherwise provided
by the Act, by-law or other authority under
which the vote is taken.

Municipal Elections — Continued

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO BE
ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF
CITY COUNCIL

Section 34 of The Municipal Act provides, in
part, as follows:

(1) Every person shall be qualified to be

elected a member of the council of a

local municipality, who, —

(a) is a householder residing in the muni¬
cipality, or is rated on the last revised
assessment roll of the municipality for
land held in his own right for an
amount sufficient to entitle him to be
entered on the voters’ list and resides
in or within five miles of the muni¬
cipality or is the wife of a house¬
holder and who resides in or within
five miles of the municipality;

(b) is entered on the last revised voters’
list as qualified to vote at municipal
elections;

(d) is of the full age of twenty-one years,
and

(e) is not disqualified under this or any
other Act.

Municipal Elections — Continued

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO BE
ELECTED A TRUSTEE OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION

Any ratepayer entered on the last revised
Assessment Roll as a Public School supporter for
the City of Toronto or who is the husband or
wife of a person assessed as actual owner or
tenant of lands in the said City for an amount
sufficient to entitle liim or her to vote at muni¬
cipal elections who is a British Subject and who
resides in the municipality or within five miles
of its boundaries and who is of the full age of
twenty-one years and not disqualified may be
elected a trustee of the Board of Education.

The Public SchoolsAct provides that for every
ward into which an urban municipality is divided
there shall be two trustees.

ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
BOARD OF EDUCATION

Every person named in the last revised voters‘
list as being entitled to vote at municipal elec¬
tions shall be entitled to vote at the election for
trustees, Board of Education for the City of
Toronto, excepting persons who are assessed as
supporters of separate schools and persons who
are entered on such voters’ list by reason of
being the wife or husband of a person assessed
as a supporter of separate schools.

Municipal Elections — Continued

In Toronto, the several meetings for the
nomination of candidates for trustees, Board of
Education, are held in each of the nine respective
wards in the City at the same time and place as
the meeting for the nomination of municipal
candidates for the office of Alderman, and the
elections are conducted in the same manner and
at the same time as municipal elections.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION RETURNS
Result of Voting, December 5, 1 960
FOR MAYOR

(Bold Face Type Indicates Candidate Elected)

Nathan Phillips . 82,319

Allan A. Lamport . 58,783

Jean Dorothy Newman . 35,372

Ross Dowson . 1 ,656

Harry Bradley . 1,476

FOR CONTROLLERS

Donald D. Summerville . 1 12,226

William R. Allen . 1 1 1,576

William Dennison . 77,173

Philip G. Givens . 67,81 1

Herbert Orliffe . 66,321

Francis H. Chambers . 31,068

William Alan Harris . 14,674

Jessie Jackson . 14,195

Mary Burke . 1 3,3 1 5

Municipal Election Returns — Continued

FOR ALDERMEN

WARD No. 1

Fred Beavis . 10,457

Kenneth G. Waters . 10,310

Edward Theobald . 5,584

Peter Ward.. . 2,037

WARD No. 2

Margaret Campbell . 7,070

B. Michael Grayson . 5,786

May Birchard . 5,106

Stanley J. Price . 4,144

Tom McAuley . 3,428

John Ellis Curry . 1,216

WARD No. 3

William L. Archer . 7,565

Charles Tidy . 6,775

John A. MacVicar . . . 4,050

James W. Sanderson . 1,170

WARD No. 4

David Rotenberg . 4,584

Horace Brown . 3,643

Murray Caplan . 2,525

Charles Drukarsh . 2,300

Jack Louis Frankel . 1,850

Ralph Norman Meakes . 1,730

Lily I. Sherizen . 1,698

A. C. Finkelstein . 1,554

Municipal Election Returns — Continued

Samuel S. Kwinter . 857

Bruce A. H. Magnuson . 848

Dorothy Cureatz . 600

WARD No. 5

Harold Menzies . 6,705

Joseph J. Piccininni . 4,890

George Ben . 4,532

Louis S. Lockhart . 3,182

Lloyd White . 3,068

Russell Doyle . 1 ,6 1 3

Janet McMurray . 1,515

John A. Jones . 1,062

WARD No. 6

Frank W. Clifton . 12,763

E* May Robinson . 1 1,422

George H. Jackson . 3,420

Michael Comar . 3,381

Alexander J. Robertson . 3,256

Stanley Steban . 3,217

Wallace Graham Martin . 2,912

Pauline A. Miles . 2,382

Joseph I. Starkman . 1,441

Anne Fritz . 1 ,1 57

WARD No. 7

William C. Davidson . 7,249

Mary Temple . 6,585

Thomas Gray Wilson . 5,277

John O’Shea . 3,552

Municipal Election Returns — Continued
WARD No. 8

Alex Hodgins . 10,173

Thomas Alfred Wardie . 9,614

Stanley T. Bullock . 8,030

Chris Stavro . 7,439

Joseph McNulty . 3,175

Stanley Arthur Baker . 2,518

Alfred Anthony Williams . 1,403

Edward V. Cox . 1,090

Taimi Davis . 930

John Square . 458

WARD No. 9

Kenneth M. Ostrander . 20,850

Frank Lovatt Nash . 12,119

Helen Johnston . 10,098

William S. Hall . 7,245

BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTIONS
Result of Voting, December 5, 1 960

(Bold Face Type Indicates Candidates Elected)

WARD No. 1

Oscar T. Sigsworth . 6,302

William R. Stainsby . 5,578

William Lang . 4,922

Sidney Heller . 2,674

Municipal Election Returns — Continued
WARD No. 2

S. Robin Harris — (Acclamation).

Evaleen Barker — (Acclamation).

WARD No. 3

Edward Moss Davidson . 7,248

i. Isobel Ross . 5,441

Max Reimann . 1,380

WARD No. 4

J. Sidney Midanik . 6,582

Keele S. Gregory . 5,265

Violet Dewhurst . 2,746

WARD No. 5

Henry L. McKinstry . 4,206

Ernest Jones . 4,202

Thomas L. Guy . 2,501

Michael Kaschuk . 1,962

Stanley Linkovich . 1,911

Paul Christou . 1,809

WARD No. 6

Irene McBrien . 10,320

William C. Dymond . 8,870

John Darling . 6,043

Elsie Murphy . 3,831

Municipal Election Returns — Continued

WARD No. 7
John V. Mills — (Acclamation).

Hazel C. MacDonald — (Acclamation).

WARD No. 8

Mahlon Franklin Beach . 10,515

William P. Ross . 8,109

John F. Keane . 5,073

John R. Walker . 4,606

Dora Canavor . 3,930

WARD No. 9

Roy C. Sharp . 12,530

Douglas R, Annett . 10,777

Douglas H. Scott . 5,238

John Crawford Medcof . 5,191

William Sutcliffe MacKenzie . 4,309

Henry A. Skinner . 2,144

MUNICIPAL ELECTION STATISTICS

No. entered on 1961-62 List of Voters

Owners . 146,188

Tenants . 108,504

Municipal Franchise Voters . 70,018

Resident Voters . 61,342

Total No. Names on Voters’ List . 386,052

Added by County Judge . 17,665

Struck off by County Judge ... 2,699

14,966

Net Total . 401,018

Percentage and No. of Electors Voting

Year Per cent. No.

1951 46.79 177,371

1952 42.89 160,508

1953 35.11 127,881

1954 30.24 106,230

1955 35.45 122,087

1956 31.31 104,721

1957 29.6 98,308

1959-60 31.3 105,601

1961-62 46.3 185,895

PERCENTAGE OF ELECTORS VOTING
BY WARDS

Ward

1959

1961

29.4

43.4

30.8

42.8

27.8

41.0

27.1

43.3

30.9

45.9

27.2

43.8

31.7

46.2

33.4

49.1

40.4

57.2

31.3%

46.3%

VOTING ON QUESTION

Question re Legalizing Showing of Motion
Pictures and Performances of Concerts and
Plays in Theatres and Halls on Sundays.

Are you in favour of the City of Toronto
seeking Legislation to legalize the showing of
motion pictures and the performances of con¬
certs and plays in Theatres and Halls on
Sundays?

YES
NO.

83,373

46,388

MAYORS OF TORONTO

Note: From 1834 to 1858 and from 1867 to
1 873, inclusive, the Mayor was chosen by
Council from among its membership; and from
1 859 to 1 866, inclusive, and from 1 874 onward,
the Mayor was elected by general vote.

1 834 William Lyon Mackenzie.

1 835 Robert Baldwin Sullivan.

1836 Thomas D. Morrison.

1 837 George Gurnett.

1838-1840 John Powell.

1841 George Munro.

1842-1844 Hon. Henry Sherwood.

1845-1847 William Henry Boulton.

1 848-1 850 George Gurnett.

1851-1853 John George Bowes.

1854 'Joshua George Beard.

John Beverly Robinson, President.

1 855 George William Allan.

1 856 John Beverly Robinson.

1 857 John Hutchinson.

1 858 } William Henry Boulton.

David Breckenridge Read.

Mayors of Toronto — Continued

1 859 Adam Wilson.
1860 | Adam Wilson.

John Carr, President.
1861—1863 John George Bowes.
1864-1866 Francis H. Medcalf.

1 867-1 868 James E. Smith.

1869 Samuel Bickerton Harman.

1 870 Samuel Bickerton Harman.

D’Arcy Boulton, President.

1871-1872 Joseph Sheard.

1873 Alexander Manning.

1 874 Francis H. Medcalf.

1 875 Francis H. Medcalf.

John Baxter, President.

1 876 Angus Morrison.

1 877 Angus Morrison.

Patrick G. Close, President.

1878 Angus Morrison.

1 879-1 880 James Beaty, Jr.
1881-1882 William Barclay McMurrich.
1883-1884 Arthur Radcliffe Boswell.

1 885 Alexander Manning.

1886—1887 William Holmes Howland.

1 888 Edward Frederick Clarke.

Mayors of Toronto — Continued

1889 Edward Frederick Clarke.

John McMillan, President.
1890-1891 Edward Frederick Clarke-
1892-1893 Robert John Fleming.
1894 Warring Kennedy.

1 895 Warring Kennedy.

John Shaw, President.

1 896 Robert John Fleming.

1 897 Robert John Fleming.

John Shaw.

1898-1899 John Shaw.

1900 Ernest Albert Macdonald.
1901-1902 Oliver A. Howland.
1903-1905 Thomas Urquhart.
1906-1907 Emerson Coatsworth.

1 908 Joseph Oliver.

1909 Joseph Oliver.

John J. Ward, President.

{ George Reginald Geary.

John J. Ward, President.

George Reginald Geary.

Francis S. Spence, President.

George Reginald Geary.

*Horatio C. Hocken.

Thomas L. Church, President.
*Appointed Mayor October 21, 1912,
vice G. R. Geary, resigned.

1910

191 1

1912

Mayors of Toronto — Continued

1913-1914 Horatio C. Hocken.

1915-1921 Thomas Langton Church.
1922-1923 Charles Alfred Maguire.

1924 William W. Hiltz.

1925-1927 Thomas Foster.

1 928 ( Samuel McBride.

\Joseph Gibbons, President.

1 929 Samuel McBride.

1930 Bert S. Wemp.

1931-1934 William J. Stewart.

J. Geo. Ramsden, President ( 1 934)

1 935 James Simpson.

[Samuel McBride, President.

1 936 j Samuel McBride.

j *William D. Robbins, President.

*Appointed Mayor November 14, 1936, vice

Samuel McBride, deceased.

1937 ! William D. Robbins.

Ralph C. Day, President.

1 938-1 940 \ Ralph C. Day.

j Wm. J. Wadsworth, President
(1938).

Fred J. Conboy.

1 94 1 — 1 944\ Lewis Duncan, President (1943).

[Robert H. Saunders, President
(1944).

Mayors of Toronto — Continued

(Robert H. Saunders.

David A. Balfour, President
1Q,, 10.J (1945).

945 9 oj *|-|jram £ McCallum, President

(1946-1948).

(fNathan Phillips (1948).

*Appointed Mayor February 23, 1948, vice

Robert H. Saunders, resigned.

f Appointed President March 9, 1948, vice

Hiram E. McCallum, appointed Mayor.

1949-1951 Hiram E. McCallum.

[John M. Innes, President.

Allan A. Lamport.

1952-1954' *Leslie H. Saunders, President.

fFord G. Brand, President.

*Appointed Mayor June 28, 1954, vice
Allan A. Lamport, resigned.

■[Appointed President June 28, 1954, vice

Leslie H. Saunders, appointed Mayor.

(Nathan Phillips, Q.C.

Ford G. Brand, President
(1955-1956).

1955-1961 (Mrs. Jean D. Newman, B.A.,
President ( 1 957- 1 960).

Donald D. Summerville,

President (1 961 )

SERVICE RECORD
OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

William R. Allen, Q.C. —

Alderman, Ward 1, 1950-1955 (incl.).
Controller, 1956-1961 (incl.).

William L. Archer —

Alderman, Ward 3, 1959-1961 (incl.).

Fred Beavis—

Alderman, Ward 1, 1957-1961 (incl.).
Horace Brown —

Alderman, Ward 4, 1961.

Margaret Campbell, Q.C. (Mrs.) — -
Alderman, Ward 2, 1959-1961 (incl.).

W. Frank Clifton —

Alderman, Ward 6, 1947-1949, 1953-1961
(incl.).

William C. Davidson, Q.C. —

Alderman, Ward 7, 1926, 1942, *1948,
1950-1961 (incl.).

*Effective March 1, vice Edward C. Roelofson,
resigned.

William Dennison —

Alderman, Ward 2, 1941, 1943, 1953-1958
(incl.).

Controller, 1959-1961 (incl.).

Philip G. Givens, B.A. — -

Alderman, Ward 5, 1952- 1960 (incl.).
Controller, 1961.

B. Michael Grayson, B.A. —

Alderman, Ward 2, 1961.

Service Record — Continued

Alex. Hodgins —

Alderman, Ward 8, 1951-1955 (incl.), 1959-
1961 (incl.).

Harold Menzies —

Alderman, Ward 5, 1956-1961 (incl.).

Frank L. Nash, Q.C. —

Alderman, Ward 9, 1949-1951, 1956-1961
(incl.).

Kenneth Ostrander —

Alderman, Ward 9, 1957-1961 (incl.).

Joseph J. Piccininni —

Alderman, Ward 5, 1961.

Nathan Phillips, Q.C. —

Alderman, Ward 4, 1924-1951 (incl.).
Mayor, 1955-1961 (incl.).

May Robinson (Mrs.) —

Alderman, Ward 6, 1952-1961 (incl.).

David Rotenberg, B.A.—

Alderman, Ward 4, 1961.

Donald D. Summerville—

Alderman, Ward 8, 1955-1958 (incl.).
Controller, 1959-1961 (incl.).

Mary Temple (Mrs.) —

Alderman, Ward 7, 1959-1961 (incl.).
Charles Tidy —

Alderman, Ward 3, 1959-1961 (incl.).
Thomas A. Wardle —

Alderman, Ward 8, 1961.

Kenneth G. Waters —

Alderman, Ward 1, 1953-1961 (incl.).

POPULATION— AS RETURNED BY
ASSESSMENT COMMISSIONER

1834 Act of Incorporation . 9,254

March 6, 1 934

1934 Centennial Year . 629,285

POPULATION— LAST TEN YEARS

1951 . . 653,499

(1951 Dominion Census 675,754)

1952 . 667,364

1953 . 665,502

1954 . 682,415

1955 . 681,857

1956 . 643,791

(1956 Dominion Census 667,706)

1957 . 658,250

1958 . 658,420

1959 . 653,404

1960 . 644,948

POPULATION, 1960 — BY WARDS

Ward 1 . 69,365

Ward 2 . 63,537

Ward 3 . 40,013

Ward 4 . 61,993

Ward 5 . 88,544

Ward 6 . 1 19,770

Ward 7 . 50,800

Ward 8 . 8 1 ,535

Ward 9 . 69,391

Public Utilities . 91

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Seat of Government — Ottawa

Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief:

His Excellency The Honourable Maj.-Gen.
George P. Vanier, D.S.O., M.C., C.D.

Prime Minister and President of the Queen’s
Privy Council for Canada:

The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker,
P.C., LL.B., LL.D., D.C.L., Q.C.

Members of the Senate Residing
in or near Toronto

(Listed according to Seniority)

The Honourable Salter A. Hayden, Q.C.,

140 Heath Street West.

The Honourable William R. Davies,

5 Hawthorne Gardens.

The Honourable G. Peter Campbell, Q.C.,

39 Deer Park Crescent.

The Honourable Arthur W. Roebuck, Q.C.,

35 Inglewood Drive.

The Honourable Allan L. Woodrow,

240 Oriole Parkway.

The Honourable David A. Croll, Q.C.,

^44 King Street West.

The Honourable Thomas D’Arcy Leonard,

10 Meredith Crescent.

The Honourable Wm. R. Brunt,

1 1 Hilltop Road.

The Honourable Joseph A. Sullivan,

174 St. George Street.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, CANADA
Toronto and District Members

Broadview

Hon. George Harris Hees

Danforth

Robert Hardy Small

Davenport

M. Douglas Morton

Eglinton -

Hon. Donald Methuen

Fleming, Q.C.

Greenwood -

Hon. J. M. Macdonnell

High Park

John W. Kucherepa, M.D.

Parkdale

Arthur Maloney, Q.C.

Rosedale

David J. Walker, Q.C.

St. Paul’s

Hon. D. Rolland Michener, Q.C.

Spadina

Charles E. Rea

Trinity

Paul T. Hellyer

York East

Robert Henry McGregor

York North

C. A. Cathers

York South

William G. Beech

York West

John B. Hamilton, Q.C.

York Centre -

F. C. Stinson

York-Humber -

Margaret Aitken

York-Scarboro

Frank C. McGee

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Executive Council

Lieutenant-Governor — The Honourable John
Keiller Mackay, D.S.O., V.D., Q.C., D.C.L., LL.D.

Prime Minister and President of the Council —
Hon. Leslie M. Frost, Q.C., LL.D., D.C.L.

Provincial Treasurer — Hon. James N. Allan.

Minister of Highways — Hon. Fred. M. Cass,Q.C.

Attorney-General —

Hon. A. Kelso Roberts, Q.C., LL.D.

Minister of Municipal Affairs —

Hon. William K. Warrender, Q.C., LL.B.

Minister of Labour — Hon. Charles Daley.

Provincial Secretary, Registrar —

Hon. John Yaremko, Q.C.

Minister of Public Welfare — Hon. Louis P.
Cecile, Q.C., LL.D.

Minister of Public Works — Hon. Ray Connell.

Minister of Travel and Publicity — -
Hon. Bryan L. Cathcart.

Minister of Lands and Forests —

Hon. J. W. Spooner.

Province of Ontario— Continued
Executive Council

Minister of Health —

Hon. Matthew B. Dymond, M.D.

Minister of Reform Institutions —

Hon. George C. Wardrope.

Minister of Education —

Hon. John P. Robarts, Q.C.

Minister of Agriculture —

Hon. William A. Goodfellow.

Minister of Mines —

Hon. James A. Maloney, Q.C.

Minister of Planning and Development —

Hon. William M. Nickle, Q.C.

Minister of Energy Resources and 1st Vice-
Chairman, H.E.P.C. —

Hon. Robert Macaulay, Q.C.

Minister of Transport —

Hon. H. Leslie Rowntree, Q.C.

Minister without Portfolio — Hon. John Root.

Minister without Portfolio —

Hon. Allan Grossman.

Minister without Portfolio — Hon. W. A. Stewart.

Province of Ontario — Continued

Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Toronto and York Members

Beaches . Collings, Wm.H. (P.C.) Deceased.

Bellwoods . Yaremko, Hon. John R. (P.C.)

Bracondale . Gould, Joseph (L.)

Dovercourt . Thompson, Andrew E. (L.)

Eglinton Dunlop, Hon. Wm. J. (P.C.) Deceased.

High Park . Cowling, Alfred H. (P.C.)

Parkdale . Trotter, James (L.)

Riverdale . Macaulay, Hon. Robert (P.C.)

St. Andrew . Grossman, Hon. Allan (P.C.)

St. David . Price, H. J. (P.C.)

St. George . Lawrence, Allan F. (P.C)

St. Patrick . Roberts, Hon. Kelso A. (P.C.)

Woodbine . Bryden, Kenneth (C.C.F.)

York Centre . Singer, Vernon M. (L.)

York East . Beckett, Hollis E. (P.C.)

York-Humber . Lewis, W. Bev. (P.C.)

York North . Mackenzie, A. Alexander (P.C.)

York-Scarborough . Sutton, Richard E. (P.C.)

York South MacDonald, Donald C. (C.C.F.)

York West . Rowntree, H. Leslie (P.C.)

MAYOR’S DEPARTMENT

The Mayor being the chief Executive Officer
of the Corporation, his office assumes a very
important place in the organization of the Civic
Administration and is under the direction of the
Executive Assistant.

His Worship as the Head of the City Council
and Chairman of the Board of Control (the
Executive body of the City Government) is
responsible for the direction and control of all
Civic Departments in the Municipal Corporation.
To assist in accomplishing this, and to relieve
the Mayor of many of the duties in this respect,
the Executive Assistant has authority, under
appointment of Council, to maintain a measure
of supervision over the Departments in order to
secure co-ordination and co-operation, and, for
this purpose, to convene meetings of the various
Department Heads. He is authorized to act on
behalf of the Mayor on any matters pertaining
to Civic business.

The functions of the Mayor’s Department are
varied and important. It exercises general sup¬
ervision over all Civic Departments, and, on the
other hand, is the focal point of contact with the
ratepayers and citizens generally. The main¬
taining of public relations and keeping the pub¬
lic informed on matters of Civic policy and
importance come within the purview of the
Mayor and his office. One popular means of

Mayor’s Department — Continued

doing this is through the Mayor’s weekly radio
broadcast “The Mayor Reports to the People”.

The Mayor is, by virtue of his office, a member
of a number of Boards and Commissions, in¬
cluding among others, —

All Standing and Special Civic Committees
(Ex-Officio),

The Local Board of Health,

The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
Council and Executive,

The Metropolitan Board of Commissioners of
Police,

The Toronto Electric Commissioners,

The City of Toronto and Metropolitan Toronto
Planning Boards,

The Canadian National Exhibition (Board of
Directors),

The Metropolitan Toronto Convention and
Visitor Association
(Honorary Vice-President),

The Consumers’ Gas Company (Board of
Directors).

Mayor’s Department — Continued

Close liaison is maintained with the Canadian
Federation of Mayors and Municipalities and
the Ontario Association of Mayors and Reeves;
the Mayor being a member of the National
Executive and the National Advisory Board of
the former organization, and a past President
of the latter organization.

Close contact is also maintained with the
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto and the
Executive Assistant is Chairman of the Com¬
mittee of Department Heads on Metropolitan
Matters, responsible for negotiating the service
agreement between the two Municipalities.

The Mayor’s Department has certain statutory
duties with regard to consideration and issuance
of hundreds of permits for raffles and draws
under the Criminal Code and is charged with
issuance of permits under The Child Welfare
Act.

DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT

The statutory duties of the City Auditor are
set out in the City of Toronto Act of 1 909, Sec¬
tion 2, The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1960, Chapter
249, Sections 228 to 232, The Department of
Municipal Affairs Act, R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 98,
Section 1 0, and Duties and Instructions to Muni¬
cipal Auditors issued by the Department of
Municipal Affairs.

These duties comprise:—

The audit of the books and accounts of the
City, comprising the centralized accounts of the
Treasury Department, including its waterworks
and other taxation revenue divisions and, also,
the various operating and service departments
of the Corporation, upon which it is required to
prepare an annual report and certify the
accounts to the ratepayers, which report is
deposited with the Provincial Department of
Municipal Affairs, together with reports on the
undermentioned affiliated civic bodies. All
such reports are sent to the Board of Control
and forwarded by the Board to City Council.

The audit of the books and accounts of
affiliate civic bodies, these being:

1 1 Boards and Commissions,

9 Bodies with agency or other operational
functions,

1 Limited Dividend Housing Corporation.

Department of Audit — Continued

2 Pension Funds for civic employees,

1 Hospital,

The Funded Debt of the City,

1 2 Day Care and Nursery Centres, as well as
all charitable organizations to which the
City pays per diem rates or makes
grants thereto, including those for
which accounts are rendered to the
Provincial Department of Welfare for
grants towards the cost of relief and
welfare services.

The certification of all financial statements in
connection with any of the foregoing City or
outside bodies which any Department of the
Provincial Government require to be certified
by the City Auditor.

As provided for by the City of Toronto Act of
1909, the prepayment audit of invoices and
paysheets of the City Departments, which are
examined for the purpose of ascertaining that
payments comply with the statutes, the by-laws
of the City Council and the reports of Board of
Control, and that funds have been provided
therefor either in the annual estimates or in
supplementary appropriations or in the money
by-laws; and in connection with cheques drawn
by the City Treasurer in their payment, the
countersigning of these cheques.

DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS
AND DEVELOPMENT

The Department of Buildings and Develop¬
ment has charge of the following:

1. The examination of Plans, and issuing of
permits for all buildings; Heating and
Plumbing installations.

2. The licensing of Dry Cleaning Plants, Press
Shops and Receiving Depots.

3. The inspection and supervision of all
Signs, Canopies and Fire Escapes over
Public Property.

4. The inspection of new and existing build¬
ings for compliance with the Building By¬
law and Standard of Housing By-law.

5. The enforcement of the Zoning and Res¬
trictive By-laws.

6. The enforcement of the Fence By-law.

During the past year 1 17 licenses were issued
for the operation of Dry Cleaning Plants. 1 10
licenses were issued for Dry Cleaning Plant
Branches and 321 licenses were issued for dry
cleaning depots. 263 licenses were issued for
Spotting and Stain Removing establishments
including Fur Cleaning firms.

11,733 permits were issued in 1960 for
buildings erected or altered at a cost of
$107,471,474.

Licenses were granted for the operation of
1,736 Passenger Elevators.

Department of Buildings — Continued
Total Revenue for the Year 1960

Sign Inspection Fees . $ 51,077.44

Elevator Licenses and Permits . 17,267.00

Dry Cleaning Licenses . 1 7,600.00

Fire Escape Inspection Fees . 3,615.00

Canopy Encroachment Fees . 1 1,175.49

Plan Examination Fees . 1 96,446.00

Miscellaneous . 249.00

Heating . 18,571.00

Plumbing . 44, 203.00

Total . $360,203.93

Committee of Adjustment
re:- Zoning By-Law

The basic purpose of a Committee of Adjust¬
ment is to make minor adjustments in the strict
application of the Zoning By-Law.

The powers of a Committee of Adjustment are
set out in subsections 1 and 2 of Section 1 8 of
The Planning Act, 1 955.

Meetings of the Committee are held every
second Monday in Court Room No. 1, City Hall
at 8 p.m. in the evening, on the alternate
Monday to council meetings.

Applications are made to the Secretary-
Treasurer of the Committee, on forms available
in the office of the Committee, which is located
at 465 Bay Street, 1 2th floor.

Year

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

3 CONSTRUCTION FOR THE
PAST THIRTY YEARS

No. of
Permits
Issued

No. of
Structures
Erected

Value

6,832

8,646

19,009,985

4,969

5,686

6,919,550

4,060

4,450

4,282,090

4,656

5,283

7,378,772

4,467

5,175

9,905,455

4,635

5,501

8,1 14,799

5,217

5,969

1 1,238,900

4,875

5,645

8,494,340

5,667

6,280

10,285,707

5,146

5,935

10,592,743

4,802

5,416

9,136,405

3,434

3,656

7,66 0,940

3,235

3,573

6,218,410

3,388

3,665

7,714,193

4,615

4,839

12,782,152

1 1,242

12,936

22,232,626

9,130

10,192

32,330,835

6,1 10

6,823

32,292,837

8,679

9,823

36,483,147

1 1,526

1 2,476

55,251,801

8,731

9,441

47,109,215

8,254

9,061

43,721,487

8,791

9,362

80,754,632

8,079

8,406

86,204,086

8,487

8,908

76,395,911

7,512

7,591

87,472,264

7,160

7,429

121,067,582

5,878

6,174

108,934,620

5,668

5,872

106,561,674

1 1,733

1 1,902

107,471,474

DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY CLERK

The Municipal Act requires the Council of the
Municipality to appoint a Clerk, and the duties
required to be performed by the Clerk are set
out in various statutes. The City Clerk is the
Secretary to the City Council and he is required
to record all resolutions, decisions and other
proceedings of the Council. He also has charge
of all original by-laws passed by the Council.

The City Clerk’s Department comprises an
Administrative Division, an Elections and Court
of Revision Division, and a Records Unit.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

The Administrative Division comprises three
units: Secretariat to the Board of Control and
Committees of Council, Clerical and Public
Information Sections.

The secretarial staff look after all the secre¬
tarial requirements of the Board of Control,
Standing Committees of the Council, the Local
Board of Health and Special Committees. They
record the decisions of these respective bodies
in minute form; write the communications carrying
the directives of these bodies; prepare the
Reports for consideration of City Council and
prepare the agendas of the meetings and submit
communications and other material for con¬
sideration by these Boards and Committees.

Department of the City Clerk— Continued

The staff of this Division will also compile
progress reports from information received from
the Civic Departments on the activities of the
Departments, which reports will be supplied to
the Members of Council.

Public Information Section

The Public Information Section assists in
arranging public receptions, presentations and
other social functions; assists elected officials in
the preparation of non-political public addresses
when requested; edits and places all City adver¬
tising; receives and distributes all mail and
material addressed to the City Clerk’s Depart¬
ment; provides general information to and
receives complaints from the public; and per¬
forms related work as assigned.

Clerical Section

The Clerical Section records births, marriages
and deaths and issues marriage licenses; pro¬
vides stenographic and clerical staff as required
to the Controllers, Aldermen and the divisions
of the Department; operates a central mailing
depot for the benefit of all departments; pro¬
vides quick printing and reproduction service to
the various divisions of the Department and to
the other administrative departments of the City
by means of Multilith and Xerography processes.

Department of the City Clerk — Continued

Records Unit

The Records Unit operates under an archivist
who is responsible to the City Clerk and
will establish and maintain, in collaboration
with other civic departments, records retention
and destruction policies and procedures and
determine with respect to records where they
will be kept, how they will be kept, if they can
be destroyed, when they can be destroyed,
how they will be destroyed, who may refer to
them and what procedures will be followed
in issuing them from, and ensuring their return
to, their repositories.

This Unit also maintains a complete, cross-
referenced index of all records maintained by
the City indicating their physical location; main¬
tains a records storage unit or archives in which
will be kept all non-current records not required
in the operation of civic departments until they
are destroyed or permanently stored; records
that are to be permanently stored; and records
of historical value.

In addition, this Division will prepare, in con¬
junction with the Organization and Methods
Division, a manual of policies, procedures and
methods of records management for distribution
to all departments.

Department of the City Clerk — Continued

ELECTIONS AND COURT OF REVISION
DIVISION

This Division maintains the official assessment
rolls and gives effect to the decisions of the
Courts of Revision therein; supplies clerks to the
Court of Revision and to the sittings of he
County Judge on assessment appeals and voters’
list appeals; prepares official lists from the
assessment rolls; receives applications to the
Court of Revision for rebate of taxes on account
of vacancy and business tax adjustments, and
gives effect to the decisions of the Court on
these matters; checks and reports on local
improvement petitions and prepares all local
improvement notices for publication; and assists
in administering civic elections, including estab¬
lishing polling subdivisions, arranging for polling
places, obtaining ballots and other forms and
hiring deputy returning officers and poll clerks.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGE AND DEATHS

All births must be registered at the Depart¬
ment of the City Clerk, Registration Office,
Room 317, City Hall, within thirty days from
the occurrence thereof.

Birth, Marriage or Death Certificates may be
obtained only from the Registrar-General, 70
Lombard Street, Toronto, EM. 3-121 1.

Births, Marriages and Deaths — Continued

Officer-in-charge — F. A. Goodyer, EM. 6-841 1,

Local 227. (After closing hours, in case of

emergency only, telephone LE. 6-8530.)

Physicians in attendance are required to send
in notices of births; parents or occupants of
dwellings where births occur are required to
register same.

Deaths must be registered at the Department
or at any police station before a permit to bury
can be issued.

Neglect or failure to send in notices in either
case renders parties liable to a fine not exceed¬
ing ten dollars and costs.

A Birth Certificate or other evidence filed with
an application for a Marriage License is not
returnable.

Births, Marriages and Deaths
Vital Statistics for Past Five Years

Marriage

Licenses

Year

Births

Issued

Deaths

1960

27,523

9,171

8,817

1959

27,780

9,714

8,756

1958

27,1 10

9,884

8,609

1957

27,540

9,950

8,622

1956

27,087

9,779

8,645

Stillbirths ( 1 960) . 305

Births, Marriages and Deaths — Continued
Marriage Licenses

Marriages Licenses issued during office hours
at Department of the City Clerk, Marriage
License Office, Room 3 1 6, City Hall, EM. 6-84 1 1 ,
Local 226.

Unless a marriage is solemnized within three
months from the date of issue of the Marriage
License, the License lapses without any provision
for an extension of time. No rebate or refund
of the fee for a Marriage License is permissible
in any circumstances.

When neither applicant has his or her usual
place of abode in the Province of Ontario, the
Assistant Provincial Secretary, Parliament Build¬
ings, Toronto, must be communicated with
respecting the necessary evidence required in
such cases; or with respect to special authoriza¬
tion.

Compliance with certain regulations is re¬
quired in the case of an applicant who is
divorced and the divorce took place outside the
Dominion of Canada; a copy of such regulations
may be obtained from the Deputy Provincial
Secretary, Parliament Buildings, Toronto.

FIRE DEPARTMENT

The strength of the Department is 1,210, all
ranks, made up of: 1 Chief, 1 Deputy Chief, 1
Executive Assistant, 6 Platoon Chiefs, 36 District
Chiefs, 212 Captains, 941 Firefighters, 3 Auto¬
motive Mechanics, 8 Clerks, 1 Physician, and 1
Caretaker.

The Department is organized on the 2-platoon
42-hour week system and the two shifts change
over every Sunday, one shift working 24 hours.
The day shift works 10 hours; the night shift
1 4 hours.

First line fire apparatus distributed throughout
the City in 28 firehalls, consist of 28 Pumpers;
1 Flose Wagon; 2 High Pressure Monitors; 16
Aerial Ladder Trucks; 1 Squad Truck , and 1
Fire Boat.

The Toronto Fire Department is now equipped
with a 2-way radio system and at the present
time, it has 42 radio units, 14 of which are on
the Officers’ cars and 38 on trucks This type
of communication has greatly facilitated depart¬
ment fire-fighting operations and it now assumes
its place alongside the telephone and fire alarm
telegraph. It is the plan of the Fire Department
to equip all first-line apparatus with radio.
Besides the radio units, the Department has its
radio transmitter at Fire Alarm Headquarters
and a 200-foot mast tower located at Balmoral
Avenue fire station.

Fire Department — Continued

In 1 959 the Department took delivery of one
100-foot all-steel aerial ladder truck.

Statistics Respecting Fires in 1 960

Total alarms of fires . 7,612

Number of building fires . 2,686

Number of automobile fires . 730

Inspections by Fire Prevention Bureau .... 63,394

Suspicious fires investigated . 162

Formal enquiries . 7

Charges laid . 54

Convictions . 17

Acquittals . 0

Charges withdrawn (committed to

mental hospital) . 2

Number of citizens died from result of

fire . 15

Citizens rescued . 52

First Aid rendered . 86

Times inhalators used . 758

Lives saved by Department inhalators.. 566

Firemen injured . 135

Firemen injured and remained on duty 339

Toronto’s Home Fire Inspection
Program

On Tuesday, May 3, 1 960, the Toronto Fire
Department resumed the Home Fire Inspection
Program aimed at reducing the number of
dwelling fires in the City by assisting house¬
holders to recognize fire hazards in their homes.

Fire Department— Continued

The Uniformed Firefighters carrying out these
inspections are from the nearest fire station in
the district, and they maintain constant contact
with Central Control, by way of their radio-
equipped apparatus, so that they may be dis¬
patched to a fire which might occur in the district.

The inspections are carried out only with the
consent of the householder and cover the base¬
ment and yard area. If the householder so
desires, the entire home may be inspected for
fire hazards.

Home Fire Inspection Programs are a very
effective means of reducing fire fatalities and
losses in other large cities throughout North
America. The sincere efforts of the Firefighters,
coupled with the excellent co-operation already
received from the citizens, indicate that the
same results will be accomplished in Toronto.

Dwelling fires were down 6.7% in 1960 as
compared to 1959.

The 1961 Home Fire Inspection Program will
commence on Tuesday, May 2nd, this year.

Summary of Dwelling Fire Inspections

for 1960

May 3rd to October 31st

Homes Inspected . 22,850

Occupants not at Home . 10,519

Admittance refused . 269

Total calls made . 33,638

Fire Department — Continued
Hazards Noted on Inspections

Rubbish not properly taken care of . 1 ,293

Oily rags/mops improperly stored . 41

Ashes not in metal containers . 1 30

Flammable liquids improperly stored . 437

Defective chimneys . 529

Defective stoves/furnaces/smoke pipes.. 831
Combustibles too close to source of heat. . 1 ,444

Fuse boxes overfused . 7,328

Unsafe outlet box/switchbox/wiring . 1,563

Extension cord wiring excessive/defective 3,315
Miscellaneous hazards — oils, gas leaks,

etc . 54

16,965 fire hazards were found in 22,850
homes.

72% of these hazards were electrical.

17% involved heating equipment.

1 0% were caused by improper house¬
keeping.

1 % were miscellaneous hazards.

Overfusing of electrical circuits was found in
32% of the homes inspected.

The Inspectors were admitted to 98.9% of the
homes where householders were contacted.

Of the householders who were not at home,
785 called the Department to request a home
inspection, and these have been carried out.

Fire Department — Continued

With the completion of the 1 960 portion of
the program, came the conclusion of the original
plan, to offer a home fire inspection to every
householder in the City within a three-year
period.

Summary of

Dwelling Inspection Program
May 6th, 1958 to October 31st, 1960

Homes inspected . 76,553

Occupant not home . 34,214

Admittance refused . 1,163

Total calls made . 111,930

Hazards Noted on Inspections

Rubbish not properly taken care of 3,545

Oily rags/ mops improperly stored. 212

Ashes not in metal containers . 315

Flammable liquids not properly stored... 1 ,932

Defective chimneys . 1,659

Defective stoves/ furnaces/ smoke pipes 2,7 8 1

Combustibles too close to source of heat 4,772
Fuse box overfused 24,050

Unsafe outlet box/switch box/wiring 5,389

Extension cord wiring excessive/defec¬
tive . 1 0,605

Miscellaneous — Oil, gas leaks, etc.. . 84

55,344 fire hazards were found in 76,553
homes.

Fire Department — Continued

72% of these hazards were electrical.

17% involved heating equipment.

10% were caused by improper housekeeping.
1 % were miscellaneous hazards.

Overfusing of electrical circuits was found in
31.4% of the homes inspected.

The Inspectors were admitted to inspect 98.5%
of the homes where householders were con¬
tacted.

Of the householders who were not at home,
2,649 called the Fire Prevention Office to re¬
quest an inspection and these have been
carried out.

The effectiveness of this Program in reducing
the number of dwelling fires, is shown in the
fact that such fires, in the City of Toronto, have
dropped over 12% in the past two years.

DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION

The Department functions under direction of
the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and
the Committee on Parks and Exhibitions.

Departmental activities are diversified and
consist of the development and maintenance of
park lands, including horticulture; a complete
Forestry Programme for the propagation, cul¬
tivation and maintenance of all trees located
in public parks and on City-owned Streets and
Boulevards; the operation of Natural Ice Rinks;
' a public recreation program, comprised of
playgrounds, community centres, field recrea¬
tion, artificial ice rinks and swimming pools.
These facilities are administered through a
Parks Division, a Recreation Division, and a
General Administration office and four area
offices and are serviced by a Maintenance
Section.

Parks Maintenance and Development

Parks Division — Parks Section

This Section is engaged in the propagation,
growing, planting and displaying of all horti¬
cultural material for the parks system throughout
the City and for the maintenance and develop¬
ment of park lands. One of the most modern
greenhouses in Canada is in operation in High
Park where an estimated three-quarters of a
million plants are produced annually to supply

Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens from Yonge Street

Department of Parks and Recreation

— Continued

the large number of outdoor flower beds and
gardens and the material required for con¬
tinuous exhibit in show houses which are located
in Allan Gardens.

Rehabilitation of the Parks System and
acquisition of new properties for park purposes
was continued during 1 960. The Chorley Park
property, former residence for Lieutenant
Governors of the Province of Ontario, was
acquired from the Dominion Government in

Department of Parks and Recreation

— Continued

1960; demolition of the old buildings and de¬
velopment of the grounds will be completed in
1961.

Small sitting-out parkettes were established
at four Public Library Ground locations and at
Carlaw and Gerrard Streets. Redevelopment
and beautification programs were carried out
at various park locations throughout the system.

Forestry Section

This Section operates under direction of the
Director of Parks and is supervised by a quali¬
fied Arborist. During the past four years a
long-term reforestation project has been imple¬
mented with the planting during 1960 of 4,715
trees on City streets and in parks. For the most
part these trees are of the decorative or
flowering types that will not conflict with private
property services. The total of 1,047 trees were
removed for various reasons in conformity with
the policy of City Council, while approximately
24,1 19 were pruned in parks and an estimated
200 miles of City streets. The program com¬
menced in 1958 to combat and prevent the
spread of the Dutch Elm Disease was continued
in 1 960 with the spraying of 3,984 trees.

Department of Parks and Recreation

— Continued

Maintenance Section

This Section while under the jurisdiction of
the Director of Parks performs maintenance
services for both the Parks and Recreation
divisions and is supervised by a Maintenance
Superintendent. The operations of this section
are of a varied nature and include such work
as maintenance, repair and installation of water
services, drains and electrical services in parks
and recreation areas, maintenance and repair
of machinery and equipment in artificial ice
rinks and swimming pools, painting signs and
playground apparatus and equipment, erection
and dismantling of natural ice rink installations,
etc.

Public Recreation

Recreation in Toronto is not viewed merely
as a narrow program of physical exercises but
as a wider, broader program of providing
facilities and opportunity for people to engage
actively in a variety of physical pursuits, as
well as social and cultural activities which en¬
courage, develop and enrich every phase of
living contributing to the physical and mental
well-being and good health of its citizens.

Under its program of expansion a new
Recreation Centre was opened in Trinity Park
on June 1 7th, 1 960. This modern, spacious

Department of Parks and Recreation

— Continued

building is one of the most outstanding structures
dedicated to recreation in North America. The
facilities in the building include a Swimming
Pool, Gymnasium, multiple-purpose rooms for
Arts and Crafts, meeting accommodations for
Senior Citizens, Ethnic Groups and voluntary
recreation groups as well as teen-age and pre¬
school play rooms. In the surrounding area
facilities are provided for tennis, softball, hard¬
ball, volleyball, soccer, horseshoes, a Children’s
Wading Pool and a Supervised Playground.

Trinity Recreation Centre has proven to be a
friendly place as the 6,100 registered members
can testify. Equal opportunity is provided for
all persons to participate regardless of age,
colour, race or creed. Here persons of varied
ethnic and cultural backgrounds, newcomers to
our Country and natives alike, have come to
mingle and to know and understand each other.
The program has been developed to meet the
needs and interest of the community and pro¬
vide for the enjoyable, creative use of leisure
time. In the short time it was been open, over
1 30,000 persons have attended the various
classes.

Department of Parks and Recreation

— Continued

Construction has been started on a similar
building in the east end of the City — Pape
Recreation Centre — which should open this
coming year.

During the summer of 1960 one hundred and
forty-nine supervised playgrounds and wading
pools were operated throughout the City. These
units are designed to attract children into the air
and sunlight where they may build up healthy
bodies and physical vigour in many varied
forms of physical play. At these playgrounds
they can let off steam without repression and
find fun and safety while meeting new friends
in a wholesome environment. Each unit is
supervised by trained leaders who emphasize
the fun of play rather than the game and assure
that there is equal opportunity for all to partici¬
pate.

In the winter, playgrounds are operated in
Recreation Centres and school buildings. Classes
are held for girls, boys and adults. The program
includes calisthenics, drills, active games, ath¬
letics, tumbling, boxing, tap, folk and square
dancing, floor hockey, table games, basketball,
volleyball and hockey.

Department of Parks and Recreation

— Continued

Community Centres operated by the Depart¬
ment provide Craft Classes in leather work, art,
dressmaking, millinery, woodworking and many
other skills. They also carry on social activities
for young people in the form of round dancing,
square dancing, movies, sing-songs and active
games. These teen-age centres provide meet¬
ing places where young people may find
companionship, a sense of belonging and
opportunity to utilize excess energy and
increase their knowledge of how best to use
leisure time for the improvement of health while
enjoying good clean wholesome fun.

Senior Citizens Clubs have also become very
popular. These are for men and women over
sixty years of age, for the most part retired
from regular employment and facing long hours
of leisure time. At their clubs they find com¬
panionship, activities with a purpose and an
opportunity to do something for someone else.
The Department provides facilities and skilled
leadership to organize dancing, singing, chess,
checkers, bingo, story-telling and social card
playing. In 1 960 these enthusiastic meetings
had an attendance of over 8,000 Senior
Citizens.

Eglinton Park Swimming Pool

Department of Parks and Recreation

— Continued

The Swimming Program conducted both sum¬
mer and winter at convenient locations in all
parts of the City includes Learn-to-Swim
classes, advanced swimming lessons, Royal Life
Saving and Red Cross Water Safety Classes,
Diving Instruction, Competitive Swimming,
Recreational Swimming and Special Family
Swimming opportunities. These classes are
available to boys, girls and adults.

PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT

The Personnel Department administers a
totally centralized personnel operation em¬
bracing all Civic Departments including the
Fire Department. The Department commenced
operation in 1 945 under authority of the
Personnel By-law No. 16337. Including its
Commissioner, there are 17 personnel on the
staff of the Department. The Commissioner of
Personnel reports direct to the Board of Control
and City Council on all personnel matters.

The activities of the Department can be sum¬
marized as follows:

Responsibility for the recruitment of all per¬
sonnel for all Civic Departments; filling of
promotional vacancies in the Civic Service;
control of the Establishment of Strength;
Labour Negotiations and associated matters
such as grievances, etc.; Workmen’s Com¬
pensation; Accident Prevention; Classification
and Pay; Medical Examinations; Central
Record of Employee Files; Illness Records and
Sick Pay statistics.

For the purpose of recruitment of all personnel
for all Civic Departments, the Department
maintains a central registry of applicants from
outside the Civic Service upon which to draw
recruits. In a Service of this size recruitment
involves unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, technical,

Personnel Department — Continued

administrative and professional personnel and,
in order to obtain applications for the various
positions, recourse is had to the Daily Press, and
Association Journals and accredited Employment
Agencies if, as and when necessary.

For the last few years the Personnel Depart¬
ment has recruited and referred suitable per¬
sonnel to using Departments in connection with
the Federal-Provincial-Municipal Winter Works
Programs. Upwards of 1,400 to 1,500 persons
obtained through the local National Employ¬
ment Service offices were interviewed and
referred each year in addition to the City’s
normal requirements.

Since it is the policy of the Corporation to
fill promotional vacancies from within the Civic
Service where qualified personnel is available,
the Personnel Department administers a com¬
prehensive merit system of promotion. All such
vacancies are advertised within the Civic Ser¬
vice and lists of eligible applicants are prepared,
following written, oral and practical examina¬
tion where applicable. Names of eligible
personnel are forwarded to the respective
Department Heads for consideration and recom¬
mendation. Where qualified personnel is not
found within the Civic Service, recruitment from
outside the Civic Service is then undertaken.

The Personnel Department is charged with

Personnel Department — Continued

the responsibility of maintaining control of the
Establishment of Strength in the Civic Service
for all Civic Departments. Each of the 15
Departments or Divisions has such an Establish¬
ment, set by the Civic Administration, which may
not be exceeded without Administrative appro¬
val; the Establishment of Strength is so designed
as to provide proper numbers of personnel
in each category to cover normal 1 2-month
operations of the various Departments. In
order to cope with seasonal or peak-load
activity, the Commissioner of Personnel is
authorized to approve such extra numbers of
temporary appointments as are necessary.
Temporary appointments of this nature, except
as regards labourers, must be approved by
the Civic Administration after an initial 6 months
duration, if required for a longer period.

A full time Director of Labour Relations in the
Department is responsible to the Commissioner
for handling all matters coming within the scope
of all Bargaining Agreements, such as negotia¬
tions, grievances, interpretations, etc. Two-year
contracts with the three Civic Unions are in
effect at present.

The Personnel Department deals directly
with the Workmen’s Compensation Board in
connection with all accidents to personnel in
the Civic Service. All reports are directed to

Personnel Department — Continued

the Personnel Department from all Civic Depart¬
ments and before forwarding them to the
Workmen’s Compensation Board a complete
file is created and subsequently a summary of
all costs and charges is maintained as they
become known.

The Accident Prevention and Safety Program
in the Civic Service is administered by the
Personnel Department and constant contact is
made with the various Departments and indivi¬
dual employees, and inspections are made of
locations where Civic employees work. An
active Safety Council with representatives from
the various Departments holds monthly meetings
to insure that accidents and hazards are con¬
tinually being examined and appropriate
measures taken where possible to reduce
accidents and eliminate hazards.

The Personnel Department is also responsible
for all matters of classification and pay in the
Civic Service.

All employees of the Corporation must be
medically examined to determine fitness to
perform the duties of the position for which
they are being considered and the Personnel
Department arranges for and maintains records
of all examinations conducted by the Depart¬
ment of Public Health in this regard.

Personnel Department — Continued

Complete individual employee files containing
details of all personnel transactions affecting
employees are maintained in the Personnel
Department.

As at January 1st, 1961, the Toronto Civic
Service was 6,300 strong and in a centralized
personnel operation such as outlined above, an
indication of the size and complexity of the
function is evident.

CITY PROPERTY DEPARTMENT

The City Property Department consists of a
Maintenance Division, an Architectural Division
and a Services Division, and operates under
the direction of the Commissioner of City Pro¬
perty. The Department is virtually the landlord
for the City.

DUTIES

The duties of the City Property Department
are:

1. Provides operating space and related
services to civic departments.

2. Rents city-owned properties not required
for civic operations.

3. Provides caretaking and building operation
staffs.

City Property Department — Continued

4. Operates public weigh scales and lava¬
tories (except parks lavatories).

5. Provides uniform standards and programs
of maintenance for all city-owned prop¬
erties.

6. Provides construction, alteration, mainten¬
ance and repair services for civic buildings
and furniture.

7. Operates central building trade shops.

8. Estimates building construction and altera¬
tion costs.

9. Prepares minor building plans and speci¬
fications.

10. Recommends architects for the design of
new civic buildings.

11. Directs outside architects in the design of
new civic buildings.

1 2. Calls, analyzes and recommends the accep¬
tance of building construction tenders.

1 3. Supervises construction of buildings for the
City by independent contractors.

City Property Department— Continued

CASA LOMA
(Castle on the Hill)

TORONTO’S UNIQUE TOURIST ATTRACTION

Casa Loma was the “dream castle” of Sir
Henry Pellatt and was brought to realization
from sketches and data gathered by him during
frequent visits to England and Europe. Details
of beautiful windows, stately towers and ex¬
quisite fireplaces which appealed strongly to
his taste were accumulated and their finest
features incorporated into the plans of Casa
Loma, the designing and erection of which was
placed in the hands of the late E. J. Lennox,
an eminent architect of Toronto.

Casa Loma took over three years to build,
being brought to its present state about 1914.
The great towering stables were first com¬
pleted. The foundations of Casa Loma certainly
had to be “well and truly laid”, of great depth
and strength, in order to carry the colossal
superstructure with its weight of massive stone
walls, tiled roofs, stately chimneys and rugged
lofty towers.

Sir Henry originally had in mind that Casa
Loma would eventually be used as a military
and historical museum. For that reason the
interior was built of masonry and the main floor
of reinforced concrete covered with teakwood,

City Property Department — Continued

in order to take the heaviest military equipment,
while the basement with twenty-foot ceilings
was made large enough to drill a regiment.
Here an immense swimming pool was provided,
also a shooting gallery and refrigerators large
enough to hold sides of beef or carcasses of
venison, for deer in those days still roamed the
woods adjacent to Casa Loma.

For years Casa Loma stood like some haunted
mansion with locked doors and ghostly empti¬
ness. People daily saw it silhouetted against
the sky and wondered what lay behind those
massive walls Few ever entered the stately
castle with its baronial towers like battlements
guarding the heights. After Sir Henry Pellatt
retired to other quarters, the City of Toronto
came into possession of Casa Loma and the great
edifice lay closed for many years, the City
receiving no revenue from this extensive pro¬
perty. The Kiwanis Club of West Toronto,
however, saw the possibility of utilizing it as a
tourists attraction and arrangements were made
to try out the idea, the City to receive a fixed
percentage of the gate receipts. The plan
proved an immediate success, with the attend¬
ance increasing each year, until Casa Loma
became one of the greatest tourist attractions
in Canada. Hundreds of thousands of visitors
from the United States and other countries

City Property Department — Continued

passed through the portals of Casa Loma as
the fame of this marvellous edifice was widely
spread.

The Kiwanis Club of West Toronto has now
leased Casa Loma for a term of years, which
has encouraged it to put many of the rooms in
their original state, walls and ceilings have
been painted, the marvellous floors refinished
and heating equipment installed so that the
Castle is now open throughout the year.

The successful administration of Casa Loma
provides a sum equal to nominal taxes each
year plus many intangible values for the City
of Toronto and enables the Kiwanis Club of
West Toronto to carry on an extensive pro¬
gramme for the benefit of young Canadians
and to lend its support to various charitable
and patriotic needs. Over 1 50,000 people
visit Casa Loma each year.

Congratulations are continually being ex¬
pressed to the Kiwanis Club of West Toronto
for providing youth with such a delightful recrea¬
tional centre operated under its careful super¬
vision.

Capital improvements, exclusive of money
contributed by the club on external replace¬
ments, amounted to approximately $ 1 65,000.00.

Yearly operating costs amountto $256,800.00.

ST. LAWRENCE HALL

(Located in the North St. Lawrence
Market Building, King Street East)

The cultural traditions of St. Lawrence Hall
commenced in 1851 continue. This historic
Concert Hall that accommodated appreciative
audiences assembled to hear Jenny Lind and
other artists of yesteryear now draws students
of Ballet and therefrom the success of the
National Ballet Guild emanates.

The City of Toronto has been glad to share
in the success of this organization by placing
at their disposal these facilities, and compli¬
ments the public-minded citizens who so whole¬
heartedly support ballet in Toronto.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Administration and Function

The Department of Public Health under the
administration of the Local Board of Health
and the direction of the Medical Officer of
Health conducts a large scale program of
municipal health services for promoting and
conserving the health of Toronto citizens, ad¬
ministering the statutory requirements of The
Public Health Act and various Regulations of the
Province of Ontario and other measures of
health import authorized by the Board of
Health and City Council.

The Department of Public Health with a regu¬
lar staff of 600 professional and other personnel
operates through its central administrative
divisions and eight district health offices, each
of the latter staffed by a full-time District
Medical Officer, a District Superintendent of
Nurses, a group of public health nurses and
other personnel.

Regular Services

The City’s health services embrace a multi¬
plicity of activities comprising mainly — school
medical and dental services and programs in
mental health, immunization and vaccination,
infant and maternal welfare, health education,

National Ballet of Canada Summer School
St. Lawrence Hall

Department of Public Health — Continued

communicable disease control, including venereal
disease and tuberculosis prevention, public
health nursing, hospital health services, food
and milk control, general sanitation, laboratory
milk analyses, etc. In addition, the Department
is responsible for the enforcement of the
Lodging House By-law and the provision of
medical examination of applicants for civic
employment (excluding fire and police) and
the examination of civic employees upon
application for retirement by reason of dis¬
ability. The Department of Public Health also
operates the Civic Ambulance Services.

Child Health Centre Facilities

In promoting the health of its infant and school
population the City provides extensive facilities
for physical examination, health education and
regular supervision in 31 Child Health Centres
while immunization and vaccination procedures
are regularly scheduled in 1 3 special im¬
munization centres.

School Health Services

A completely co-ordinated program of
medical, dental and nursing services is regularly
maintained in the public and separate ele¬
mentary schools and the secondary schools of
the City, having a combined enrolment of more
than 1 1 5,000 pupils.

Department of Public Health— Continued

Poliomyelitis Vaccine Program

Much of the emphasis on prevention in recent
years since the introduction in 1 955 of polio¬
myelitis vaccine has been placed on reaching
and maintaining the objective of a completely
vaccinated pre-school and school population
of more than 1 50,000 Toronto children against
poliomyelitis, in the attainment of which the
Department alone has administered nearly one-
half million doses. The Department during
1959-1960 also offered a three-dose program
of vaccination against poliomyelitis to adults
and, while the response was far below desired
numbers, nevertheless some 1 80,000 doses
of vaccine were administered with approxi¬
mately 60,000 adults availing themselves of
the service. In this regard it is encouraging to
note the 1 960 record of poliomyelitis in Toronto
of just one reported case. During six years5
experience since the introduction of vaccine
there have been 49 cases reported with five
fatalities (no fatalities in past three years).
During the six years preceding the use of
vaccine there were 988 cases reported as
poliomyelitis with 34 fatalities.

Special Projects and Services

The Department also promotes a number of
specialized services and projects, some on a
trial or research basis, and in a number of

Department of Public Health — Continued

instances they are generously assisted by
National Health Grants. These include the
Preventive Orthodontic Service Clinic, School
Audiometric Service, Cardiac Survey and
Registry and Nutrition Education. A “Pilot
Home Care Program” under the direction of
the Medical Officer of Health has been in
operation on a demonstration basis since
March, 1958, under a National Health Grant
and with the sponsorship of the Social Planning
Council of Metropolitan Toronto, the Academy
of Medicine and the Ontario Hospital Associa¬
tion. It is a research project which offers to
people ill at home a range of medical care
services including those ordinarily obtainable
only in hospitals. A basic objective of the pro¬
gram is to determine methods and cost of
furnishing services which will bring to selected
patients continuous care and maximum re¬
habilitation in a home setting. A new project,
“Group Screening Tests for Colour Vision”,
approved under National Health Grants, was
launched during 1 960. Eventually this should
prove an invaluable method for testing whole
classes at once. The early detection of colour
blindness is an aid to occupational guidance.
During its trial period the project is being con¬
ducted in Grade VI classes. “The Riverdale
Pre-school Preventive Dental Program”, con¬
ducted over the past four years under a National

100

Vita Blashi proudly interprets the nurse's advice
for Mrs. Maria Di Zonzo, a New Canadian
mother at a child health centre.

Health Grant with the co-operation of the
Toronto Academy of Dentistry and Toronto
East Dental Association, has been highly success¬
ful. Over the next few years this dental pro¬
gram for pre-school children will be extended
to all districts.

Expenditure

In the interests of the health of its citizens,
Toronto expended more than two and one-half
million dollars on public health services in 1960,
a cost capita of $4.09.

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Department of Public Health — Continued
Health Indices

The accompanying graphs illustrate the
effectiveness of public health measures in the
control of certain communicable diseases and
in reducing infant, maternal, and tuberculosis
mortality. Smallpox has vanished and typhoid
fever and diphtheria are now rare. The City
has been virtually free of the latter disease
with but two reported cases in three years.
The year 1 960 extended to fourteen the number
of successive years free of a death from
typhoid fever, eight years from scarlet fever.

HEALTH INDICES

CITY OF TORONTO
1910-1960

Department of Public Health — Continued

and five years from whooping cough. The past
ten years has witnessed an 80 per cent reduc¬
tion in Toronto’s tuberculosis mortality, a con¬
tinued decline of more than 30 per cent in infant
mortality, and well over a two-thirds reduction
in the loss of mothers from causes associated
with childbirth. These remarkable attainments
in some measure attest to the paramount
importance of public health services in the
administrative affairs of the City.

DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICES

Runnymede — 358 Keele Street, RO. 6-2359.

Parkdale — 1266 Queen Street West,

LE. 1-5709.

Hillcrest — 35 2 Christie Street, LE. 1-3521.

Yorkville — 2398 Yonge Street, HU. 5-0429.

University — 229 College Street, WA. 1-5104.

Moss Park — 430 Broadview Avenue,

HO. 1-9241.

Riverdale — 430 Broadview Avenue,

HO. 1-9241.

East End — 299 Main Street, OX. 4-1 144.

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Department of Public Health — Continued
CIVIC AMBULANCES
Telephones: EM. 3-5678, EM. 3-5679

The Civic Ambulance Service, under the
control of the Department of Public Health, is
located at the Coroner’s Building, 86 Lombard
Street.

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Service is provided covering public emer¬
gency calls, such as accidents of all kinds, the
indigent sick, and the transportation of all
cases of communicable disease. All calls
should be directed to the Ambulance Head¬
quarters, Lombard Street (see telephone num¬
bers above), where the attendant will allocate
the calls or advise the inquirer if service cannot
be given.

A full 24-hour service is provided through the
facilities of Central Headquarters. The west
station operates on a 24-hour basis and the
east station from 7.00 a.m. to 1 1.00 p.m., seven
days a week. To offset delays caused by
rush-hour traffic an additional northerly post,
manned from Central Headquarters, is placed
in operation during the period 11.00 a.m. to
7.00 p.m. Monday through Friday. For effi¬
ciency all ambulances are in direct communica¬
tion with police radio dispatchers, while direct
line telephone communication is maintained

104

Department of Public Health — Continued

between Police and City Ambulance Head¬
quarters. These arrangements ensure a prompt
response to all requests for emergency service.

PUBLIC HOSPITALS

The Public Hospitals in the City are located
as follows:

Toronto General Hospital — 101 College Street.

Toronto General Hospital, Wellesley Division,
160 Wellesley Street East.

St. Michael’s Hospital — 30 Bond Street.

Hospital for Sick Children— 555 University
Avenue.

Toronto Western Hospital — 399 Bathurst Street.
St. Joseph’s Hospital — 1 830 Queen Street West.
Women’s College Hospital — 76 Grenville Street.

Salvation Army Grace Hospital — 650 Church
Street.

Toronto East General Hospital — Coxwell and
Sammon Avenues, East York.

New Mount Sinai Hospital — 550 University
Avenue.

Princess Margaret Hospital — 500 Sherbourne
Street.

Lockwood Clinic Hospital — 300 Bloor Street
East.

Mothercraft Centre — -49 Clarendon Avenue.

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Department of Public Health — Continued
OTHER HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS

Riverdale Hospital — Gerrard Street East and
St. Matthews Road.

Toronto Hospital for Tuberculosis — Weston, Ont.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Incurables — 130
Dunn Avenue.

Our Lady of Mercy Hospital — 100 Sunnyside
Avenue.

Bloorview Hospital Home and School — 278
Bloor Street East.

Ontario Hospital — 999 Queen Street West.

Hillcrest Convalescent Hospital — 47 Austin Ter¬
race.

Lambert Lodge (Home for the Aged) — 350-390
Christie Street.

Sunnybrook Hospital (D.V.A.) — Bayview Ave.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

The Department of Public Welfare is re¬
sponsible for administering public welfare
programs provided under Provincial legislation,
as they apply to the municipality, and for
carrying out programs which are a matter of
Civic policy.

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

Public Assistance and Services to Families
and Individuals

To applicants considered eligible after in¬
vestigation, general assistance is granted on a
temporary basis, or on a regular basis, for the
period of time deemed necessary, and in
accordance with the provisions of The General
Welfare Assistance Act and Regulations.
General assistance is issued by cheque, payable
to recipients.

Supplementary financial aid is granted to
recipients of Old Age Security (with Medical
Assistance), Old Age Assistance, Blind Persons'
Allowances and Disabled Persons' Allowances,
who are living in the community and considered
eligible in accordance with the Regulations.

Under the Regulations and subject to the
approval of the Department of Public Health,
patients discharged from Sanatoria for con¬
valescent care in the community are eligible for
Post-Sanatorium Allowances. The Department

107

Department of Public Welfare — Continued

is responsible for the issuance of the financial
assistance deemed necessary under the program.

The above programs providing for general
welfare assistance to families and individuals
in the community, together with the necessary
services, are administered through the East,
Central and West District Welfare Offices,
including the Sub-offices. Provision is made
within the Department for meeting serious
emergency situations occurring out of regular
office hours.

Admittable expenditures for general assist¬
ance, supplementary aid and post-snatorium
allowances under The General Welfare Assist¬
ance Act are shared by the Federal and Pro¬
vincial Governments (80%) and the municipality
(20%).

The Department maintains a Rehabilitation
Unit which helps partially unemployable re¬
cipients of general assistance to locate work
suitable to their particular abilities, and also
arranges for retraining courses for those re¬
cipients who can benefit from such service in
order to re-establish them in gainful employ¬
ment.

Housing

The Housing Unit deals with emergency situa¬
tions with respect to housing accommodation,
particularly for recipients of general assistance,

108

Department of Public Welfare — Continued

who are in dire need of shelter, and renders
necessary services in cases of fires, lockouts and
evictions.

Services to Homeless Men

Assistance to indigent homeless men is avail¬
able through the Single Men’s Services. Home¬
less men who are unemployable because of
health reasons may be placed in Seaton House,
which is an institution providing this type of care
for 250 men. A Men’s Hostel is also located in
the same building and provides temporary
accommodation during the winter months for
unemployed employable homeless men, includ¬
ing transients.

Services to the Aged

The Department administers a Private Nursing
Homes program for the care of aged or
infirm patients who in the opinion of the Medical
Consultant can be satisfactorily cared for in
this way. The Province shares 80 per cent of
the expenditures up to $80 per patient per
month for approved cases under The General
Welfare Assistance Act. The Department also
completes applications on behalf of Toronto
residents for admission to a Home for the Aged
under The Homes for the Aged Act, and
forwards same to the Metropolitan Department
of Welfare and Housing for approval.

109

Department of Public Welfare — Continued

Nursery and Day Care Centres

Under The Day Nurseries Act, the Department
operates eight Nursery Centres which provide
day care for pre-school children whose mothers
are required to work outside their homes, and
for other needy cases. The Provincial Govern¬
ment participates financially up to one-half of
the operating expenditures. These centres
accommodate 415 children.

In addition, three private Day Nurseries, with
combined accommodation for 142 children, are
sponsored by the municipality, under The Day
Nurseries Act, and are given financial support
by the City and the Provincial Government in
accordance therewith.

Under authority of the Civic Administration,
the Department operates four Day Care Centres
to provide supervision before and after school
and nutritious noon meals for younger school-
age children of working mothers. These Centres
accommodate 158 children.

Nutrition

An advisory service is provided by the
Nutritionist Consultant to recipients of general
assistance regarding the most advantageous
spending of their allowances. The Consultant
also prepares the menus for all meals served in
the Nursery and Day Care Centres operated

Department of Public Welfare — Continued

by the Department and acts in an advisory
capacity respecting the preparation and serving
of the food. A Food Services Supervisor is
responsible for nutrition matters in connection
with services to indigent homeless men in Seaton
House and the Men’s Hostel.

Hospitalization

The Department investigates and reports to
the Metropolitan Department of Welfare and
Housing as to residence and indigency of
persons living within the City of Toronto who
have no hospital insurance under the Ontario
Hospital Services Commission Act, and for whom
application is made for Hospital Orders under
The Public Hospitals Act. The Department
authorizes payment of the municipal share of
hospital maintenance for eligible patients under
The Psychiatric Hospitals Act.

Funerals and Burials for Indigents

As authorized by civic policy, funeral directors
under contract with the Department provide the
necessary services in connection with the funerals
and the burial of indigent persons where there
are no bona fide friends or relatives who are
financially able to assume the responsibility.

The Homemakers and Nurses Services Act, 1958

Under The Homemakers and Nurses Services
Act, 1958, provision is made for payment of

Department of Public Welfare — Continued

homemakers and home nursing services on be¬
half of eligible cases with the Provincial Govern¬
ment sharing the expenditure equally with the
municipality as specified in the Regulations.

Voluntary Maintenance

The Department makes payments from grants
authorized by the Civic Administration to various
private welfare organizations and charitable
institutions caring for children and indigent aged
persons, and to other organizations rendering
valuable service to the municipality. Payment
of maintenance is made on a per capita per
diem basis. The other grants are paid by
lump sum.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

The general services performed by this
Department, under the administration of the
Commissioner of Public Works, are many and
varied, and include the development of a long¬
term overall maintenance program for the
Department, the compilation of schedules, co¬
ordination, and supply of analysis and cost
reports on all Departmental projects, the issu¬
ance of all permits affecting City roadways,
water mains and sewers; the design, construc¬
tion, maintenance and inspection of public
facilities such as sidewalks, roadways, sewers,
water mains, bridges, subways and lanes; the
removal of snow and the placement of abrasives
on highways, the collection and disposal of ashes
and household waste material; the installation
and maintenance of traffic control equipment
and signs to improve the flow of traffic on City
streets; the surveying of lands for acquisition
and disposal of City property, and technical
surveys for the design of public facilities; and
the allocation and maintenance of vehicles and
major equipment for all City Departments with
the exception of the Fire Department.

The organization is comprised of the following
seven divisions, each under the control of a
Director and responsible for the undermentioned
Departmental functions:

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Department of Public Works— Continued

Planning and Control Division

]. Development of a long-term maintenance
program for the Department.

2. Compilation of schedules for the projects of
the Department and the co-ordination of
the flow of information with regard to the
projects.

3. Maintenance of records of the projects and
of the public facilities that come under the
jurisdiction of the Public Works Department.

4. Supplying any analysis and reports on costs
which would have to be done internally by
the Department.

5. Requisitioning of personnel for the Depart¬
ment and maintenance of the necessary per¬
sonnel records within the Department.

6. Issue of all permits for activities affecting
City roadways, land within the street allow¬
ances, watermains and sewers.

Engineering Division

1. Design of all public facilities such as streets,
lanes, sewers, watermains and bridges.

2. Design of incinerators and other plants re¬
quired by the Department.

3. Supervision of the construction of these public
facilities and plants.

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Department of Public Works — Continued

4. Negotiation with the railways and with the
Board of Transport Commissioners on pro¬
jects in which the City is involved jointly with
one or more railways.

5. Regular technical inspection of bridges and
subways.

Surveying Division

1. To make legal boundary searches and de¬
scriptions and legal boundary surveys upon
request.

2. To assist the Legal Department and the Real
Estate Division in arbitrations and actions
involving real property and on questions of
property or title boundaries upon request.

3. To make technical surveys to develop
physical-condition layouts and contours and
to supply other information required to
design and lay out projects.

4. To make technical surveys to determine the
progress on projects.

5. To make surveys as requested by the build¬
ing regulation division to check on the loca¬
tion of buildings. These surveys would also
be made to check buildings for encroach¬
ments and to establish survey reference
points.

115

Department of Public Works — Continued

6. The preparation of plans illustrating the
results of all types of surveys.

7. The preparation, maintenance and revision
of the maps showing the street and park
systems, the maps required in connection
with the zoning by-law, maps and plans
showing the location of the public facilities
under the control of the Department of
Public Works.

8. Supply of drafting services for engineering
design and for survey requirements.

9. Maintenance of plans required both by the
City and by the Public Utilities Co-ordinating
Committee.

Operations Division

1. Construction, inspection, maintenance and
repair of public facilities such as streets,
lanes, sewers, watermains and bridges.

2. Maintenance of four sewage-pumping sta¬
tions.

3. Connection and disconnection of private
water services and drains.

4. Repair and cleaning of sewers and water-
distribution facilities.

5. Operation of emergency waterworks ser¬
vices.

6. Patrol of public facilities to guard against
unauthorized use.

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Department of Public Works — Continued

7. Operation of the asphalt plant and a central
shop.

Streets Division

1 . Collection and disposal of household waste
material, ashes, and rubbish.

2. Operation and maintenance of refuse dis¬
posal plants.

3. Mechanical sweeping, flushing and hand-
broom sweeping of public thoroughfares.

4. Removal of snow and placement of abrasives
on public highways.

5. Application of oil on unimproved roadways.

6. Operation of plant to produce leaf mould.

Equipment Division

1 . To develop, for each class of equipment
serviced, preventive-maintenance schedules
that are adequate for the safe, reliable and
efficient operation of all cars, trucks and
important pieces of equipment used by the
City, and are consistent with minimum costs.

2. To perform necessary repairs and replace¬
ments.

3. To allocate cars, trucks and other vehicles
and equipment to the various users in the
City organizations on a basis that will pro¬
vide for their most effective use.

Department of Public Works — Continued

4. To supplement the City’s own equipment
with cars, trucks and equipment hired from
outside sources when it is economical to do
so.

5. To trOin drivers of cars and trucks and the
operators of the various types of special
equipment.

6. To analyze and make use of cost records as
a basis for equipment selection and main¬
tenance policies.

7. To co-ordinate the planning of long-term
needs for equipment.

Traffic Division

1 . To recommend regulations and legislation
as well as facilities designed to assist the
flow of traffic.

2. To supply and maintain signs, pavement
markings, parking meters, etc.

3. To co-operate with the Metropolitan Police
Commission, the Toronto Transit Commission
and other interested bodies in traffic
matters.

4. To control street lighting in conjunction with
the Toronto Hydro-Electric Commission.

5. To deal with complaints relating to traffic.

6. To carry out long-term planning of traffic-
control activities.

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Real Estate Division

The Real Estate Division operates as a Civic
Department under the administration of the
Director of Real Estate, who is directly respon¬
sible to the Board of Control. The services per¬
formed by this Division include recommending
the purchase of all real estate required by the
City; recommending the sale of surplus pro¬
perties for the City; providing all real estate
valuations required by the City for the purchase,
acquisition, sale and disposal of property,
both improved and unimproved; providing
similar services to other civic agencies as
directed by the Administration; and consulting
with the City Property Department in establish¬
ing rents.

During the year 1 960, the Real Estate Division
successfully arranged 564 acquisitions, for a
total amount of $4,293,576, in connection with
58 projects. Sales involving property having a
total value of $ 1 ,529,5 1 8 were made during the
year. The Division also supplied real estate
valuations to other departments in the amount
of $9,267,215 in addition to numerous rent
estimates.

Purchasing and Stores Division

The Purchasing and Stores Division is com¬
prised of three sections, Purchasing Section,
Stores Section and Multilith Section. The

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Division operates under the direction of the
Director of Purchasing and Stores.

The Purchasing Section purchases all the re¬
quirements of the City of Toronto and the
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto on a
competitive basis either by tender or quotation.
This includes goods, wares, services, merchan¬
dise, performance of work and the making of
repairs. These purchases are subject to appro¬
val of the City or Metropolitan Council. This
section also arranges the sale of all surplus
items on a competitive basis. During 1 960 this
section issued purchase orders in excess of
50,000.

The Stores Section operates seven storehouses
and yards where items are acquired and
charged out to using departments of the City
of Toronto and the Municipality of Metropolitan
Toronto. Items are stocked when there is a
financial advantage of bulk buying or where
items would be required on a shorter notice
than manufacturers could supply them.

The Multilith Section produces printed forms,
reports, letters, et cetera, using offset multilith
machines and ancillary equipment. The service
is available to all departments of the City of
Toronto and the Municipality of Metropolitan
Toronto on a price basis that makes this section
self-sustaining.

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FINANCE DEPARTMENT

SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED REVENUE AND
EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1961

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
General :

Audit Department . $ 260,365

City Clerk’s Department . 366,684

Finance Department . 948,789

Legal Department . 320,231

Mayor’s Office . 57,897

Personnel Department . 110,515

Purchasing and Stores Division. 341,445

Real Estate Division . 1 23,584

City Council — Oeneral . 279,000

City Council — Special Items . 524,912

City Council — Grants . 170,593

Department of Buildings and

Development . 879,633

City Property Department. . 2,587,634

Fire Department . 6,861,135

Department of Parks and

Recreation . 4,384,678

Department of Public Health ... 2,85 1 ,379

Department of Public Welfare. 1 0,962,488
Department of Public Works ... 1 3,389,973

At Large . 3,830,486

Debt Charges, excluding Public

Library Board . 6,867,396

$ 56,1 18,817

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Estimated Expenditure — Continued

Special Services —

(including Debt Charges) :

Airports— Island $ 91,534

Canadian National Exhibition 880,800

City of Toronto Limited Divi¬
dend Housing Corporation

Limited . 81,229

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair 56,127

The Housing Authority of

Toronto . 829,559

The Parking Authority of

Toronto . 676,000

$ 2,615,249

Metropolitan Toronto Levy . $ 23,291,839

Public Library Board . $ 1,997,553

Total Affecting General Rate.. $ 84,023,458

Education (Net Amount to be Raised by
Taxation) :

Board of Education . $ 23,519,471

Public . $15,915,066

Secondary 7,604,405

Metropolitan School Levy

(City’s Share) 20,401,375

Separate School Board. . 1,831,653

Total Affecting School Rates... $ 45,752,499

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Estimated Expenditure — Continued

Self-Sustaining Services Not
Affecting Taxation :

Purchasing and Stores Division $ 79,949

Department of Public Works 5,796,49 1
Waterworks 8,861,300

Total Self-sustaining Services

Expenditure $ 14,737,740

TOTAL EXPENDITURE . $144,513,697

ESTIMATED REVENUE

General :

Dog Licences . $ 58,000

Emergency Housing . 1 4,559

General Rentals . 416,839

Payments in lieu of Taxes . 47,500

Sundry 56,690

Taxation Percentages . 350,000

Toronto Housing Company 35,281

Audit Department . 52,900

Department of Buildings and

Development 329,600

City Clerk's Department 9,000

City Property Department. 20,500

Finance Department . 45,937

Fire Department . 1,000

Legal Department . 1,700

Department of Parks and

Recreation 1 29,303

Department of Public Health 7,350

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Estimated Revenue — Continued

Department of Public Welfare. 256,200

Department of Public Works ... 587,500

Purchasing and Stores Division. 35,000

Sale of Capital Assets . 97,000

Total General Revenue . $ 2,551,859

Special Services :

Canadian National Exhibition $

The Housing Authority of

Toronto .

The Parking Authority of
Toronto .

Total Special Service

Revenue . $ 1,145,786

Metropolitan Corporation :

Recoveries contra to General

Expenditure . $ 1,363,634

Province of Ontario . 10,016,996

Government of Canada . 1,075,000

Self-sustaining Services not

Affecting Taxation . 14,737,740

Total Revenue Other Than

Taxation . 30,891,015

Surplus brought forward from

1960 . 548,575

Taxation (Net) . .$11 3,074, 107

TOTAL REVENUE . $144,513,697

259,278

210,508

676,000

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29.10

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GRAND TOTAL 129,032,944,06 8,494,575.21 1 20,538,368.85

WATER RATES

Rates charged on a flat-rate basis are pay¬
able semi-annually.

The City is divided into five districts one of
which is payable in each of the months January
through May, and again in July through
November.

Scale of General Water Rates
Schedule A

Dwelling houses: $1.18 cents per room per
annum, subject to a minimum charge of $3.64
per annum.

Rooming-houses: $2.09 per room per annum.
Schedule B

Factories, office buildings, stores, garages,
warehouses, and similar places of business:
$3.64 for each flat per annum. “Flat” is
defined as being each floor or part thereof of
a place of business, or a place of business
separately occupied on one floor of a building.

Private hospitals, rest homes, schools, frater¬
nity houses, clubs, hotels, and similar places:
$2.09 per room per annum.

The following rates per annum are in addition
to the above-mentioned rates:

128

Water Rates — Continued

Residences

Other

Basins — each

$2. 2714

$4.55

Baths — each .

2.2714

4.55

Shower Baths — Not attached

to bath-tub, each

2.2714

4.55

Sinks — each .

2.27/2

4.55

Urinals:

Self-acting, each .

2.73

5.46

Not self-acting, each .

1 1 .3714

22.75

Water Closets:

Self-acting, each

3.64

7.28

Not self-acting, each.

1 1.83

23.66

Laundry Tubs:

For pair of tubs (in one

fixture) . . .

2.27/2

4.55

For single or additional

tub, each .

1.36/2

2.2714

Schedule C provides rates in addition to the
foregoing in respect of a variety of fixtures.

Meter Rates

Meter rates are payable quarterly in the
months of January, April, July and October.

The charge for water supplied on meter
measurement is 28.65 cents per 1,000 gallons.

There is a minimum charge of $4.55 per
quarter year.

129

Water Rates — Continued
Discount

A discount of 10 per cent is allowed when
payment is received within the prescribed
period, and applies to all accounts except those
for water supplied to the Island, or for water
used without permission.

No charge is made for the use of a garden
hose or lawn sprinkler where rates are paid on
the flat-rate basis.

Water Rates at Toronto Island

Water supplied other than by meter measure¬
ment is charged at the same rates as are in force
in the City except that the minimum charge for
each half-year period shall be $9.10, and shall
become due in each year on the first day of
May for the half-year period ending on the
thirty-first day of the following October, and on
the first day of November for the half-year
period ending on the thirtieth day of the follow¬
ing April.

Information

Full information may be obtained regarding
water rates at Room 103, Main Floor; and for
metered accounts, Room 101, Main Floor, City
Hall. Telephone EM. 6-8411, Local 324, for
general information and Local 322 for informa¬
tion regarding meter accounts.

130

LICENSES

All municipal licenses, with the undernoted
exceptions, are issued by the Metropolitan
Licensing Commission. For information as to the
procedure to be followed and for application
forms and schedule of fees apply at the Metro¬
politan Licensing Commission Office either at
171 Eglinton Avenue East or Room 1 05A, City
Hall.

The Department of Buildings and Develop¬
ment, City Hall Annex, 465 Bay Street, will
continue to receive applications for Elevator
and Dry Cleaning Licenses, and for licenses
relating to the operation of Cleaning and
Pressing establishments.

Dog licenses are issued by the Toronto
Humane Society, 1 1 Wellesley Street West, on
behalf of the Corporation of the City of Toronto.

Applications for lodging house licenses should
be submitted to the Public Health Department,
City Hall Annex, 465 Bay Street.

All licenses expire on December 31st, except
the following:

License Expiry Date

Cartage Owner and Driver . March 31st

Coal or Coke Dealer and Fuel Oil April 30th

Journeyman Electrician . April 30th

Master Electrician . April 30th

Old Gold . May 3 1 st

131

Licenses — Continued

Second Hand Dealer . j

Second Hand Shop . ^May 31st

Second Hand Books . May 31st

Salvage Collector . May 31st

Lodging House . Sept. 30th

Shoe Repair Shop . May 31st

Shoe Shine Shop . May 31st

Any information concerning Licenses may be
obtained from the Metropolitan Licensing Com¬
mission, either at 171 Eglinton Avenue East, or
Room 105A, City Hall.

TAXICAB TARIFFS

Extracts from By-law No. 23 of the
Metropolitan Licensing Commission

TARIFF “A”

BY DISTANCE

One to Four Passengers:

For the first one-third mile or part
thereof . $

For each additional one-third mile or
part thereof .

For waiting time while under engage¬
ment, for each two minutes .

For each additional passenger in excess
of four .

.40

.10

.20

132

Taxicab Tariffs — Continued

Baggage, for each trunk (32” x 18”

x 9” or 3 cubic feet) . $ .50

Hand Baggage, free if carried inside
vehicle.

Hand Baggage if not carried inside
vehicle, per parcel . 10

Brief cases and parcels of compar¬
able size . free

BY THE HOUR Fixed Rate

For the first hour or any part thereof . $4.00

For each additional 15 minutes . 1.00

For each passenger in excess of four,

per hour . 75

Baggage, for each trunk (32” x 1 8” x 9”

or 3 cubic feet) . 50

Hand Baggage, free if carried inside
vehicle.

Hand Baggage if not carried inside

vehicle, per parcel . 10

Brief cases and parcels of comparable

size . free

CHILDREN

Children under the charge of an adult:

Eight years of age and under . free

Over eight years and under twelve

years of age . Half Fare

Over twelve years of age . Full Fare

133

Taxicab Tariffs — Continued
AMBULANCE

For any journey either wholly within the
Metropolitan Area or to any point not more
than three miles beyond the limits of the Metro¬
politan Area:

(1) Where one person is carried . $15.00

(2) Where more than one person is
carried on any one trip the charge
shall be calculated on the basis
of $15.00 for the first person
and $7.50 for each additional
person and the total charge so
arrived at shall be divided equal¬
ly among all those carried;

and no owner or driver shall receive or demand
any greater or lesser amounts.

TARIFF “B”

DRIVE-SELF VEHICLE RATES

MINIMUM RATES
Upon an hourly basis:

(1) For light imported automobiles and

domestic automobiles of comparable size
(herein called light automobiles) — 85
cents for each hour and in addition 6 cents
for each mile.

134

Taxicab Tariffs — Continued

(2) For automobiles other than the above
(herein called heavy automobiles) — $ 1 .25
for each hour and in addition 9 cents for
each mile.

Upon a daily basis of twenty-four hours:

(1) For light automobiles — $5.00 per day
and in addition 6 cents for each mile.

(2) For heavy automobiles — $7.00 per day
and in addition 9 cents for each mile.

Upon a weekly basis up to and including 4
weeks:

(1) For light automobiles — $30.00 per week
and in addition 6 cents for each mile.

(2) For heavy automobiles — $40.00 per
week and in addition 9 cents for each
mile.

For periods over 4 weeks — as agreed upon

between owner and hirer.

TARIFF “C”

Rates for Livery Vehicles; except vehicles serving
Weddings or Funerals:

For each 15 minutes or part thereof . $1.00

Minimum charge per trip . 2.00

135

CITY OF TORONTO PLANNING BOARD

The City of Toronto Planning Board is an
advisory body to City Council, appointed by
Council in accordance with the provisions of
Provincial legislation (The Planning Act). Its
job is to advise Council as to the best means of
attaining and preserving a high standard of
civic development, from the viewpoint of both
civic design and organizational efficiency.

The Board consists of nine unpaid members,
including the Mayor, ex officio. Appointments
are for staggered three-year terms and are
subject to approval by the Ontario Minister of
Planning and Development.

The Board's duties are prescribed in general
terms in Section 1 0 of The Planning Act, as
follows:

Every planning board shall investigate and survey
the physical, social and economic conditions in relation
to the development of the planning area and may per¬
form such other duties of a planning nature as may
be referred to it by any council having jurisdiction in
the planning area, and without limiting the generality
of the foregoing it shall,

(a) prepare maps, drawings, texts, statistical in¬
formation and all other material necessary for
the study, explanation and solution of problems
or matters affecting the development of the
planning area;

136

City of Toronto Planning Board

— Continued

( b ) hold public meetings and publish information
for the purpose of obtaining the participation
and co-operation of the inhabitants of the
planning area in determining the solution of
problems or matters affecting the development
of the planning area;

( c ) consult with any local board having jurisdiction
within the planning area;

( d ) prepare a plan for the planning area suitable
for adoption as the official plan thereof and
forward it to the councils of the municipalities
affected thereby, and recommend such plan
to the council of the designated municipality
for adoption;

( e ) recommend from time to time to the councils of
the municipalities in the planning area the
implementation of any of the features of the
official plan of the planning area;

(/) review the official plan from time to time and
recommend amendments thereto to the council
of the designated municipality for adoption.

In addition to these rather general legislative
directives, the Board depends on instructions
from City Council and on the services of a full¬
time staff headed by the Commissioner of
Planning to carry out its functions. Requests
for planning studies and reports are received
from the various committees of Council, from

137

City of Toronto Planning Board

— Continued

the Board of Control and from other civic bodies.
The Planning Board meets once a month to deal
with reports and recommendations prepared
by the planning staff concerning zoning and
official plan changes and other matters.

The responsibility for making general plans
for the co-ordination of civic development
throughout the Metropolitan Toronto area is
that of the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board,
which also functions under the provisions of The
Planning Act. The legislation enacted by the
Province in 1953 establishing the Municipality
of Metropolitan Toronto further defines the
scope and purpose of the Official Plan for the
Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area as includ¬
ing: land uses and “consideration generally of
industrial, agricultural, residential and com¬
mercial areas’’; ways of communication; sanita¬
tion; green belts and park areas; and public
transportation. A draft Official Plan for the
Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area was com¬
pleted early in 1960 and is currently being
revised.

As the urban heart of the Metropolitan area,
the City of Toronto has its own unique charac¬
teristics and problems. The intensity, competi¬
tiveness, and rapidly changing nature of land

138

City of Toronto Planning Board

— Continued

uses in this highly developed central area
necessitate continuous study to promote sensible
and equitable investment of public funds in
those facilities serving business, industry and the
private citizen. Final responsibility for the
planning and execution of highway improve¬
ments, slum clearance and redevelopment pro¬
jects, public housing, and park acquisition and
maintenance — to mention only some of the more
conspicuous fields of municipal enterprise —
rests, of course, with City Council and with the
various executive departments, commissions and
other agencies of local government, as does
also the responsibility for the administration and
enforcement of civic by-laws.

A general statement of intention as to civic
development is contained in the City’s own
official plan registered in 1 949. However,
the rapid growth of Metropolitan Toronto has
necessitated re-examination of the City’s func¬
tions within the Metro framework. This work
will lead ultimately to revision of the City’s
Official Plan.

139

City of Toronto Planning Board — Continued

To facilitate planning studies, the City has
been divided into 25 census-based planning
districts, as follows:

The 25 Planning Districts of City of Toronto.

A preliminary statement on the Official Plan
published early in 1960. Entitled “The Chang¬
ing City”, this 50-page booklet attempts to
set out for the information of the public the
major planning issues facing the City over the
next 20 years. Meanwhile, the Board is con¬
tinuing its program of district appraisals, which
has so far resulted in the production of detailed
reports on the Annex, Rosedale, and Deer Park

140

City of Toronto Planning Board — Continued

Planning Districts. Studies of the Don, York-
ville, and Harbour West Planning Districts are
under way.

Since the City is already built up, physical
improvements must be largely in the form of re¬
development and renewal, whether publicly,
privately or jointly undertaken.

During 1 959, negotiations were completed
with Provincial and Federal authorities enabling
the City to proceed with acquisition and clear¬
ance of ten acres of slum properties in the Moss
Park Redevelopment Area in 1960.

Late in 1 960, the Planning Board was asked
by City Council to prepare formal application
to the Federal and Provincial Governments for
redevelopment of the Alexandra Park Area.
A decision on these applications is now awaited
by the City.

The scale and distinctive design of Toronto's
proposed new City Hall have focussed attention
on the downtown area, and particularly, on the
provision of an attractive setting for the City
Hall and Civic Square. The block along the
south side of Queen Street facing the City Hall
has been designated a redevelopment area and
the sum of $2,000,000 set aside in the City’s

141

City of Toronto Planning Board — Continued

budget towards expropriation of these proper¬
ties for sale or lease back to private developers.
Draft tender documents have been prepared
for the properties involved, together with illus¬
trated proposals for the rebuilding of the block
as a single architectural unit complementing the
City Hall and Square.

Proposals involving amendments to the Offi¬
cial Plan and/or the Zoning By-law are
regularly referred by City Council to the
Planning Board, as well as to the City Solicitor
and the Commissioner of Buildings and Develop¬
ment, for investigation and report. During
1 960, the Planning Board reported to Council
on over 1 00 such proposals. This work involves
the use and maintenance of up-to-date maps
and other records as a basis for providing
prompt and accurate information to Council and
to the public.

In addition, the Board undertakes more ex¬
tensive studies in connection with larger scale
development proposals affecting both public
and private interests. Recently, these have
included studies of waterfront development and
lakeshore pollution; the reservation of ravine
parklands; possible location for a major league
stadium; the effects of industrial plant expan¬
sion on surrounding or neighbouring residential
areas; and other matters.

142

City of Toronto Planning Board— Continued

To a considerable extent, the Planning Board
operates as a Civic information agency. This
function is carried on by the planning office in
various ways, including the publication of re¬
ports, the preparation of models, sketches and
other visual material illustrating civic develop¬
ment proposals, and assistance in the organiza¬
tion of public meetings.

Reports of general interest published by the
Board and available to the public include:

The Changing City

The Pedestrian in Downtown Toronto

The South Side of the Civic Square

Plan for the Annex

Natural Parklands

Plan for Deer Park

143

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF TORONTO

The Housing Authority of Toronto was estab¬
lished under provision of The City of Toronto
Act, 1947, and By-law 16933. Although the
original By-law was passed specifically for the
development of the Regent Park (North) Housing
Project, the City may entrust the Housing
Authority with the construction, maintenance,
control, operation and management of any
housing project as defined by The Planning
Act, 1946; any emergency housing project; any
low-rental housing project; any slum clearance
project; or any other housing project which the
Corporation has undertaken or may undertake
under its powers.

As the City’s agent in all housing matters,
the Housing Authority is now responsible for
five distinct yet related operations:

1 . The construction, maintenance, operation and
management of Regent Park (North) Housing
Project.

2. The maintenance, operation and manage¬
ment of Miscellaneous Housing.

3. The construction, maintenance, operation and
management of new or renovated housing
financed under the Charter of the City of
Toronto Limited Dividend Housing Corpora¬
tion Limited.

144

Housing Authority of Toronto — Continued

4. The operation and management of a Housing
Registry.

5. The relocation of families living in areas
scheduled for redevelopment.

REGENT PARK (NORTH) HOUSING PROJECT

Canada’s first experiment in slum clearance
occupies an area in downtown Toronto of 42]/2
acres and comprises six city blocks. Most of
the 628 houses previously on the site were in
poor condition, as were the commercial and
industrial buildings. However, each of the 822
families living in the area as of July 15, 1947,
the date of expropriation, was offered accom¬
modation in the project as progressive con¬
struction made it available. Many took advan¬
tage of this offer and some 400 of the original
families continue to live in Regent Park (North).

With the completion in April, 1959, of the
William C. Dies Building, the project reached a
total of 1,398 units consisting of:

Bachelor -

1 bedroom

2 bedroom

3 bedroom

4 bedroom

5 bedroom

Total

31 units
1 90 units
563 units
498 units
82 units
34 units
1 ,398 units

145

Housing Authority of Toronto — Continued

These units are located in 56 row houses; 1 6
three-storey buildings; 6 six-storey buildings;

1 eight-storey building and the Administration
Building ( 1 4 units).

New Building for Diminishing Families

This building is named after Mr. William C.
Dies, an original member of the Housing
Authority and its present Chairman, in recogni¬
tion of his invaluable service in the field of
Public Housing. It was designed to solve a diffi¬
culty which had not been foreseen when the
project was first planned. With the passage
of time, many families have dwindled in size,
leaving only the parents, or, as in some cases,
a widow or widower. Because of the paucity
of single bedroom apartments many of these
“diminishing families” were occupying more
space than necessary, thus depriving others of
accommodation. Unwilling to thrust these tenants
out, the Authority has built this eight-storey
apartment building to accommodate them. On
the north and south side of every floor com¬
munal balconies provide pleasant places for
friendly visiting. On the main floor two large
lounging rooms with facilities for serving refresh¬
ments are available for use by members of
the Regent Park (North) “community”. The
Authority is grateful to the Garden Club of
Toronto for its generous gift of detailed land-

146

Housing Authority of Toronto — Continued

scaping plans for a garden for the use of the
senior citizens living in the project. Protected
by bordering shrubbery from over-exuberant
youngsters, the not-so-young chat together,
engage in games of shuffleboard ... or, if
they prefer, watch . . . and sometimes help . . .
the garden grow.

Recreation

Other recreational facilities in Regent Park
(North) include: a full-sized gymnasium complete
with stage, public address system and “hi-fi”
equipment; a games room (also located in the
Administration Building); four craftrooms (in the
basement of one of the three-storey apartment
buildings); three “Tiny-Tot” Playgrounds, the
one in the west section having access to the
basement of the William C. Dies Building for
indoor play; two baseball diamonds; paved
areas for basketball, volleyball, etc. Super¬
vision of these activities is provided by the
City’s Department of Parks and Recreation,
which also gives leadership to the older citizens
who have frequent parties and social gatherings
in the lounge rooms of the William C. Dies
Building.

The Old Boys’ Association, an active tenant
organization, provides additional recreational
activities, including sports and games for the

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Housing Authority of Toronto — Continued

young fry. From funds which it has raised it
has donated equipment and materials to the
lounge rooms also.

Financing

Prior to the National Housing Act of 1 954,
Federal and Provincial legislation permitted
comparatively restricted financial assistance for
public housing. Therefore, the City in 1946
had no choice but to make a sizeable invest¬
ment in Regent Park (North), an investment,
however, which will be amortized within thirty
years, leaving the City sole owner of some
1,400 dwelling units on 42'/2 acres of valuable,
centrally located land. These units now yield
an annual operating surplus of more than
$220,000.00. Savings due to the resultant
decrease in fire protection, incidence of crime,
welfare costs, delinquency charges, etc., are
incalculable. In addition, the payment of full
property tax (over $320,000.00 in 1960)
contrasts strikingly with the $36,000.00 derived
from the area prior to its redevelopment. It
would seem that the City has made a wise
investment in Regent Park (North), not only in
terms of dollars and cents, but in the immeasur¬
able yet priceless terms of human welfare.

Rentals

All rentals in Regent Park (North) are geared
to income or “ability to pay”.

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Housing Authority of Toronto — Continued

MISCELLANEOUS HOUSING

On February 1, 1961, the Authority had
under its jurisdiction approximately 80 units
situated on sites scattered throughout the City.

These included No. 301 Broadview Avenue,
a residential home for some seventeen older
citizens. This house was purchased by the City
of Toronto as part of a general plan of re¬
habilitation for the Riverdale District. Having
renovated and converted the house for multiple
occupancy, the Housing Authority of Toronto
accepted the offer of St. Matthew’s Parish to
furnish and operate it. The Parish has furnished
the house, with the help of various individuals
and firms, as well as a substantial grant from
the Atkinson Foundation and all the contents
(except the stove and refrigerator) have been
provided at no cost to the City. The house is
administered by a special committee set up by
the Parish. Accommodation is provided for at
least 1 6 residents and a housekeeper, the basic
fee being $67.00 per month for room and
board (Old Age Pensioners may receive a
$20.00 monthly supplement if necessary). The
only restriction in the choice of applicants is that
they must be in reasonably good health upon
admission. This is a “Pilot Project”, in that it
represents an experiment in the sharing of
responsibility and effort between a public and
a private body.

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Housing Authority of Toronto — Continued

CITY OF TORONTO LIMITED DIVIDEND
HOUSING CORPORATION LIMITED

In order to take advantage of financial assist¬
ance offered by the Federal Government by
way of mortgage loans to Limited Dividend
Companies for the purpose of providing addi¬
tional housing, the five members of the Housing
Authority are constituted Directors of the City
of Toronto Limited Dividend Housing Corpora¬
tion Limited. The first project erected under
the Charter of this Company is a small-scale
development utilizing a parcel of City-owned
land on Phin Avenue. “Phin Park” consists of
one three-storey apartment building containing
24 one-bedroom suites, and ten row houses in
two groups of five, with four bedrooms each,
for a total of 34 housing units. This project
was fully occupied on August 1, 1959.

McCormick Park Apartments, a six-storey
building on Dundas Street West, was fully oc¬
cupied in 1960. Its 106 suites consist of:

Bachelor -

1 bedroom

2 bedroom

3 bedroom

1 4 units
28 units
38 units
26 units

Total

1 06 units

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Housing Authority of Toronto — Continued

Greenwood Park Apartments, a three-storey
building on Dundas Street East, was ready for
occupancy March 1, 1961. Its 81 suites consist
of:

Bachelor .

units

1 bedroom -

units

2 bedroom ....

units

3 bedroom -

units

Total -

units

HOUSING REGISTRY

Owing to the continuing need of families
for adequate housing at rents they can afford.
City Council, on May 12, 1958, instructed
the Housing Authority to establish a central
“Housing Registry” at which landlords may list
accommodation available at reasonable rents,
and would-be tenants may apply. Utilizing the
Authority’s staff and office facilities at 415
Gerrard Street East, the Housing Registry
became fully operative in October, 1958. It
has shown healthy and steady growth.

As a result of these operations, 807 families
have been placed in accommodations listed,
and 3,947 prospective tenants were given con¬
tacts or “leads” to locate suitable low-rental
housing.

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Housing Authority of Toronto — Continued

In the Spring of 1 960 the Housing Registry
was temporarily moved to an office in the Moss
Park Redevelopment Area so that, in addition
to its regular duties, it might assist the Housing
Authority in carrying out its obligations as Re¬
location Agent for the City during the acquisition
and demolition of the area.

As Urban Renewal progresses in the City, it
is anticipated that the Relocation Office will be
moved to Alexandra Park, which is the next
area scheduled for redevelopment.

THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF TORONTO

The Parking Authority of Toronto was estab¬
lished under provision of The City of Toronto
Act, 1952, and By-law 18680. It is charged
with the responsibility of construction, main¬
tenance, operation, and management of muni¬
cipal off-street parking facilities, providing
accommodation at reasonable and economic
rates. The Parking Authority is composed of
three commissioners who are appointed for
terms of three years. Each commissioner must
be a taxpaying citizen of Toronto. In June,
1958, the original members, Mr. Ralph C. Day,
Chairman, Lieut.-Col. J. F. Ellis, M.B.E., and Mr.
Alfred Ward, were re-appointed for a further
three-year term.

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Parking Authority of Toronto — Continued

The Authority is required to be self-sustaining.
!t is not permitted to hold title to its fixed assets
even when purchased out of the Authority’s
own funds. All fixed assets are held in the
name of the City of Toronto and values thereof
are shown on the City Treasurer’s books as well
as The Parking Authority’s books. The Authority
is required to pay all normal business and real
estate taxes. For instance, in 1 960 the Authority
paid to the City Treasurer $543,000.00. Capital
assets paid from Parking Authority revenues and
turned over to the City of Toronto amounted to
$2,500,000.00.

Operations commenced during the latter part
of 1 952, and at the time of writing there are
39 municipal surface carparks and 4 municipal
garages providing 7,816 off-street spaces.

The Authority’s first garage, located at Queen
and Victoria Streets, was opened to the public
in April, 1956, and at that time provided self¬
lock parking for some 435 cars. An additional
level was added during 1 958 which increased
the capacity of this very popular garage to
532 cars.

During the latter part of 1 957 the Authority
brought into operation two mechanical parking
garages, one situated at Temperance Street, the
other at Dundas Square. The mechanical garage

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Parking Authority of Toronto — Continued

at Temperance Street provides parking for 396
cars, while the smaller version of the mechanical
garage at Dundas Square can accommodate
288 cars. The mechanical garages are quite
novel in design being able to park the car
without either the owner or the Authority’s per¬
sonnel handling the vehicle at all. The Authority,
with these two installations, has pioneered a
completely new concept in parking.

The fourth garage is the Civic Square Under¬
ground Garage. This was constructed at a cost
of just over $3,000,000.00, considerably below
the budgetted estimate of $3,625,000.00. The
Authority is extremely gratified with the grow¬
ing popularity of this underground parking
venture which provides some 1,266 spaces. This
garage was opened on July 21st, 1958, by His
Worship Mayor Nathan Phillips, Q.C. In the
early stages the patronage was light but during
the Christmas shopping period the Underground
Garage parked up to 5,000 cars a day on
numerous occasions. Since that time, in spite of
the seasonally slack parking months, the Under¬
ground Garage has maintained a satisfactory
level of parkers’ use. It was originally thought
that a 900-car extension would be made to
this garage when the new City Hall was con¬
structed. However, The Parking Authority now
feels that due to parking trends this addition

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Parking Authority of Toronto — Continued

should be at least 1,000 cars to take care of
future parking requirements, and the Authority
is planning for this amount.

The Authority is proud to report that by co¬
operating with the Toronto Transit Commission,
The Toronto Hydro-Electric System, and other
public service agencies, it has been able to
bring to fruition plans for the development of
an underground parking garage under the
surface of University Avenue above the roof of
the Rapid Transit Subway stretching between
King and Front Streets.

When the University Avenue Rapid Transit
Subway is opened to the public. The Parking
Authority’s underground garage, offering some
312 parking spaces, will be in operation,
another important capital asset to the citizens
of Toronto.

During its short history, the Authority has
introduced many innovations in its parking
methods. Possibly one with which the public is
well familiar is its method of indicating its off-

street parking facilities by means of the

sign with a directional arrow. The Authority is
anxious to have this symbol adopted by other
municipalities to indicate their facilities and by
such means the symbol may well become a
standard for high quality, off-street parking.

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Parking Authority of Toronto — Continued

As has been indicated in Annual Reports,
there are extensive plans for the future. The
Authority is endeavouring to establish a parking
garage and combined office building to be
located in up-town Toronto at Yonge and Bloor
Streets. This is the forerunner of many projects
to provide parking by the full utilization of
lands in areas where it is presently not economic¬
ally feasible to do so. During 1 961 the Author¬
ity established several neighbourhood parking
lots. On top of these immediate extensions
to its operations, the Authority has long-term
plans for garages on several of the present
surface carparks. These, together with new
surface lots, will bring the total number of
Authority off-street parking spaces to over
1 5,000 within the next five years.

Since its inception, the Authority has been
aware of the needs of merchants in business
districts for customer parking facilities to combat
the loss of business to suburban shopping centres
offering “free” parking. Therefore, when the
Authority commenced operations, it instituted a
validation system using Parking Authority stamps
whereby the local businessman could give his
customer “free” parking.

The Authority makes available at face value,
in various denominations, books of stamps.
When a merchant first purchases stamps from

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Parking Authority of Toronto — Continued

the Authority, he is issued a distinctive easel
sign that can be displayed in his window
advertising the “free” parking service that he
offers. The customer presents to the merchant
his parking ticket from the nearby municipal
parking lot; the merchant affixes a validation
stamp to the ticket, which is then honoured at
the Authority’s parking area.

The Parking Authority of Toronto is proud to
be able to serve the citizens of Toronto and the
City’s motoring visitors. It will always endeavour
to maintain its parking facilities at a standard
second to none.

TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES

The Toronto Public Libraries, now in their 77th
year, include the Central Library at College and
St. George Streets, with Reference and Circulat¬
ing sections; the Boys and Girls House at 40 St.
George Street; the Music Library at Avenue
Road and St. Clair, and twenty branches
throughout the City. In addition, there are
smaller libraries in 29 schools; hospital libraries
in nine hospitals; and deposit libraries in eleven
Homes for the Aged, in Humewood House, the
Mercer Reformatory for Women, the Metro¬
politan Toronto Jail, the Second Mile Club (High
Park Branch) and William E. Coutts Co. Ltd.

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Public Libraries — Continued

The Reference services in the Central Library
now include the General Reference Section, the
Hallam Room of Business and Technology, the
Metropolitan Bibliographic Centre, the Baldwin
Room of manuscripts and rare Canadiana, the
Toronto Room, the Map Collection and the Fine
Art Section. In the Toronto Room are pictures,
maps, bound newspapers, architectural plans
and other material relating to the City of
Toronto. The Picture Loan Collection of more
than 500,000 pictures and the non-Toronto
pictures from the John Ross Robertson Historical
Collection will be found in the Fine Art Section.
The combined resources of the Reference Sec¬
tions include some 242,090 volumes (books,
pamphlets, Government documents, etc.) as well
as leading Canadian, British and American
newspapers and magazines, and a current file
of clippings.

The Central Circulating Library has the largest
collection of circulating books in the City, and
includes the Kipling Room for boys and girls of
High School age. In the main building, also, are
an auditorium and exhibition gallery. Boys
and Girls House next door has a well-equipped
children’s library, a Little Theatre, and a special
room for the famous Osborne Collection of
Early Children’s Books.

The Music Library in the Howard Ferguson

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Public Libraries — Continued

House, 559 Avenue Road, provides a complete
service including over 23,000 volumes (books
and scores) and some 4,000 records. The
Foreign Literature Collection of over 23,000
volumes in 66 languages is spread throughout
the system, but any particular book may be
obtained on request through any branch or from
the Foreign Literature Centre at Queen and
Lisgar Streets.

The management and control of the Public
Libraries of the City are vested in the Toronto
Public Library Board, appointed pursuant to The
Public Libraries Act (Chap. 283, R.S.O. 1937)
and composed of the Mayor of the City (or a
member of the City Council appointed by him
as his representative) and eight others: three
appointed by the City Council, three by the
Board of Education, and two by the Separate
(Catholic) School Board. The persons appointed
by the City Council and the Board of Education
hold office for three years, and those by the
Separate School Board for two years. These
members retire in rotation at the end of their
respective terms on the 31st of January.

The Board holds its regular meeting on the
second Wednesday of each month.

The Libraries are maintained by an annual
appropriation from the tax rate, under legis-

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Public Libraries — Continued

lative enactment, of an amount not to exceed
fifty cents per capita of the population of the
City as shown in the returns of the Metropolitan
Toronto Assessment Department. This appro¬
priation is obligatory, but on a vote of a majority
of the members of the Council present and voting
the appropriation may be increased to any
amount the Council may approve.

LIBRARY STATISTICS, 1960
Value of Libraries, including build¬

ings and grounds, about . $3,977,917

Adult books issued for home

reading . 2,416,127

Reference books used . 351,446

Boys and girls books used . 1,992,566

Total number of books and

pamphlets in the Libraries . 963,463

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THE RUNNYMEDE HOSPITAL

The Runnymede Hospital, at the corner of
Runnymede and St. Johns Roads in West
Toronto, was officially opened as a public
hospital for the chronically ill on October 17th,
1945. It is sponsored by the civic administra¬
tion, but operated independently by a Board
of Directors.

The hospital accommodates 1 30 patients, and
since the first were admitted on November 2nd,
1945, some 1,000 have received treatment
and care. It was the first hospital of its kind
to be established in Toronto by the civic ad¬
ministration, financed from public funds. On its
Board of Directors are six City members, the
Mayor, the City Solicitor, the Commissioner of
Public Welfare, a Controller and Alderman
appointed annually by the Council, and the
Solicitor for the hospital. Additionally, fourteen
directors are elected annually.

The hospital building was formerly the Strath-
cona School, and is an outstanding example of
successful remodelling. Improvements have been
made throughtout the years, mainly with finan¬
cial assistance from Provincal and Federal grants.
Beginning January 1st, 1959, the hospital was
approved by The Ontario Hospital Services
Commission to participate in its hospital insur¬
ance plan. As a result, operating costs for
insured persons are paid by the Commission.

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Runnymede Hospital — Continued

The Chiefs of Medicine in each of the seven
general hospitals in Toronto act as Honorary
Consultants to the medical staff.

The medical staff in Runnymede Hospital con¬
sists of a chief medical specialist and three
attending physicians. If treatment indicated is
other than can be provided on the premises, the
patient’s transfer is arranged to a general
hospital. For this reason and others it is required
that admission of patients be arranged through
general hospitals for adequate investigation
and diagnosis.

In the rehabilitation and re-establishment pro¬
gram, the various staff members play their
part as a team, doctors, nurses, occupational and
physical therapists. And at the present time,
assistance in re-establishment is being given
by the Public Health Nursing Division, City of
Toronto. Other City Departments which provide
services or assistance are the Dental Division,
Department of Health, Toronto Public Library,
Departments of Public Welfare, Buildings and
Development, Parks and Recreation.

The aim of the hospital continues to be to
keep abreast of modern trends and develop¬
ments, to constantly improve its care of patients,
and to give leadership in providing beneficial
treatment with emphasis on rehabilitation or
maximum degree of improvement.

162

THE TORONTO HARBOUR
COMMISSIONERS

A modern and efficient port has been created,
utilizing the sheltered harbour of Toronto Bay.
Twelve miles of excellent berthage handles the
many lake and ocean vessels that make Toronto
a port of call.

The development that has taken place com¬
menced in 1911 following the creation of the
port authority known as The Toronto Harbour
Commissioners. Incorporation of the new ad¬
ministration was made by Federal Act of Parlia¬
ment which authorizes the appointment of five
Commissioners — three by the Council of the City
of Toronto — one by the Government of Canada,
and one by the Government of Canada upon
the recommendation of the Board of Trade of
Metropolitan Toronto. Office is for a three-
year period with members serving without re¬
muneration and being eligible for reappoint¬
ment.

The port is the gateway to Canada’s richest
area with the country’s largest concentration of
industry and population contained within a
hundred-mile radius centred by the rapidly
expanding Toronto area.

Throughout the years that growth and pro¬
gress have taken place, the City of Toronto and
the Government of Canada have co-operated

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Toronto Harbour Commissioners — Cont.

freely with the port authority in carrying out
their projects. To finance the necessary work
and in accordance with the powers granted

them, the Commissioners from time to time issued
bonds which were guaranteed as to principal
and interest by the City. This assistance was
required up to 1951 when the port operations
were to the point where revenue and available
capital monies were sufficient to not only meet
operating charges but also to fulfil all obliga¬
tions with regard to interest and bond retire¬
ment. This latter payment amounted to $914,-
667.00 in 1960. The Federal Government,
during the initial construction period and since

then, has constructed various pier and channel
walls as well as carrying out certain dredging
operations.

Construction of new piers and waterways
entailed the filling of useless marshlands and
the extending of the city shore line. Upon the
new land masses thus formed, industrial concerns
located due to many advantages, combined with
the accessibility to waterborne transportation.
During 1 960 businesses operating on the water¬
front paid directly to the City $5,294,693.00 in
taxes, making a total over the years since in¬
corporation of approximately $56,576,74 1 .00.
This is a tangible result of the port operation
that can be readily assessed but in addition are

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Toronto Harbour Commissioners — Cont.

the intangibles of additional payrolls, trans¬
portation charges, fees, capital expenditures,
and many others that cannot be overlooked.

The opening of the new St. Lawrence Seaway
system in 1959 commenced a new era for the
Port of Toronto and the City it serves. Ocean
vessels of over 500 feet in length became a
common sight along the waterfront. Cargoes
of sugar from Mauritius, automobiles from
Europe, and steel from the United Kingdom
moved into the area, while exports of soya
bean meal and scrap metal moved to foreign
markets. In addition to these single type car¬
goes, the entire direct overseas business took a
tremendous upsurge.

A Municipal Airport located at Toronto Island
is one of the ten busiest airports in Canada. It
has a seaplane base in addition to land run¬
ways. It is administered by the Toronto Harbour
Commissioners for and at the expense of the
City. The same arrangement is in force with
regard to the Toronto Harbour Police. This
Marine Police Force, equipped with speedboats
and lifeboats, patrols the more than 40 miles of
waterways that exist in the harbour limits.

165

CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION

The Canadian National Exhibition is many
things to many people. It is a family affair
where grown-ups and children alike come to
see what is new. The first electric railway in
Canada made its appearance at an early
Exhibition. An exhibit showing how cigarettes
are made, another showing the processes
necessary for coating chocolates, the manufac¬
turing of electric light bulbs, are but a few of
the many “firsts” that have been on display at
the C.N.E.

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and the
National Hockey Hall of Fame again proved
very popular. In 1961 a new building will be
opened with many famous sports personalities
in attendance. The linking of these two Halls
in one building was completed in 1958.

Industry, education, science, music, travel,
fashions, sports and engineering are presented
at the Exhibition. Agriculture is still a basic
part of this great show window of Canada.
The 100th Anniversary of Hereford Cattle in
Canada, the Dairy Princess competitions. Calf
Scramble, National Horse Show were but a few
of the features in this department in 1 960.

Comprising 350 acres and with a frontage of
a mile and a half on Lake Ontario, Exhibition
Park is a triumph of the landscape gardener’s

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Princes ’ Gates — Exhibition Park — >-

79* EXHIBITION ’1927

. .

Canadian National Exhibition— Continued

art. It is shaded by old trees, with fourteen
miles of paved boulevards and contains all the
services of a city with the exception of over¬
night accommodation.

The $3,500,000 Grandstand with seating
for more than 24,000 persons is the centre of
various forms of entertainment. Hundreds of
performers on a 350-foot stage with scenic
Sighting effects have earned international fame
for the annual presentation. The pyrotechnic
finale is a scene of variety and beauty.

Music of famous bands at the Bandshell,
sports afloat and ashore and the mile-long Mid¬
way make an enjoyable and profitable holiday.

The Princes' Boulevard inside the Princes’
Gates at the CNE was the brightest street in
the world during the 1 960 CNE with the Arcade
of Light. Lighting was installed to give this area
a night time light reading of 60-foot candles,
more than twice as bright as Chicago’s famed
State Street.

The 40th Anniversary of the Warriors’ Day
Parade was celebrated in 1960, with a special
tribute to the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
on their 100th Anniversary.

The Canadian International Air Show, always
a popular feature, presented the RCAF Golden

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Canadian National Exhibition — Continued

Hawks and the United States Blue Angels, both
famous aerobatic teams. Also appearing with
the Golden Hawks was the Red Knight, a T-33
trainer painted a bright red which performed
a solo run, while the Hawks were reforming for
their formation flights.

One of the features of the CNE last year was
the replica of the original Lloyd’s of London
coffee house. This exhibit was in the Inter¬
national section. It was from this coffee house
that the present Lloyd’s of London, the world-
famous insurance market with an annual income
of over $640,000,000, grew.

In all, thirteen foreign governments were re¬
presented at the CNE and more are expected
this year.

The Canadian National Exhibition will be held
from Friday, August 18th to Monday (Labour
Day), September 4th, exclusive of Sundays.
The Exhibition will be operating for fifteen days
in 1961 rather than sixteen days as has been
the case in the past two years. The Labour
Day closing is a move which has been contem¬
plated for some years.

169

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL WINTER FAIR
ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, held each
November at Toronto, was brought into exist¬
ence by the Association which was formed in
1919 to promote higher agriculture through an
annual competitive exhibition of farm products.
The “Royal” now holds an esteemed position on
this continent because of its wide scope, its
international aspect, its variety of exhibits and
high standards.

The membership is composed of representa¬
tives of agricultural bodies from every part of
Canada as well as the Dominion and Provincial
Governments and the City of Toronto. Prior to
the opening of the first Fair in 1 922 His Majesty,
the late King George V, graciously chose to
grant the Association a Royal Charter, thus the
word “Royal” in the title.

Entries were close to 1 6,000 in 1 960 and the
quality higher than ever before. The attend¬
ance was good. All of which leads to the
conclusion that the value of this annual institution
is heartily appreciated by both agriculturalists
and the general public. Plans for the 33rd
show are well under way — -the dates are
November 10th to 18th, 1961.

The “Royal” has 26 acres under one roof,
with accommodation for 1,200 horses, 2,250

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•4 — Cattle judging at the “Royal" I960

Royal Winter Fair — Continued

cattle, 1,000 swine, 1,200 sheep and goats and
4,000 poultry and pet stock as well as display
space. In all 15,000 head of livestock and
poultry can be accommodated. In 1 960, $ 1 45,-
000.00 prize money was offered.

The following description of the “Royal” ap¬
peared in the Family Herald: . . . “The ‘Royal’ is
indeed the mecca of Canadian stockmen — and
many Americans as well. Once they have
trodden its tanbark they become true believers,
ready to make any necessary sacrifices to re¬
turn again and again. . . . Even a third or
fourth prize at the ‘Royal’ is worth a tremendous
amount in advertising. . . . Canada’s ‘Royal’
is a tremendous force for the improvement of
Canadian agriculture. ... So they come to the
Fair from the farm and the city, from public
schools and high schools, some for educational
reasons, some for business and some — well just
for fun. Seems as though the ‘Royal’ has found
the perfect combination to attract young folks
to the Fair. There is something to interest every¬
one — and that something is a worthwhile experi¬
ence. The ‘Royal’ is a fascinating classroom.”

The administrative offices of the Royal Agri¬
cultural Winter Fair are located in the Coliseum,
Exhibition Park, Toronto.

172

TORONTO HISTORICAL BOARD

The Toronto Historical Board was established
in 1 960 under provision of the City of Toronto
Act, 1958, and by By-law No. 21006. It is
entrusted with the construction, maintenance,
control, operation and management of historic
sites and properties owned by the Corporation
as designated by City Council.

The Board consists of a member of Council
and a member of the Board of Control, both of
whom are appointed annually, and fifteen other
persons who are appointed by City Council for
three-year terms on the recommendation of the
Board of Control.

The first Board was composed principally of
the members of the former Toronto Civic
Historical Committee. The Committee was dis¬
solved June 30, 1 960, after having served the
City for a period of eleven years. The Historical
Board assumed the Committee's duties and
responsibilities.

The Board currently administers Fort York,
The Marine Museum of Upper Canada, and
Mackenzie House. It also has an interest in
other historical buildings and properties in the
municipality.

173

— By J. D. Kelly — Confederation Life Collection.

General Salute by the Queen s Rangers at the
Proclamation of Queen Victoria's Coronation ,
Fort York , June 28, 1838.

FORT YORK

The Fort is open to the public from May 1 5
to October 31 each year and provides a series
of displays designed to show the early military
life of the City. Visitors are conducted through
the premises by competent guides, a small ad¬
mission charge being made to defray expenses.
Educational tours for school classes or groups
sponsored by charitable organizations are
available at no charge. Almost 1 2,000 school
children in organized classes toured the Fort
in 1960. The Fort Guard, equipped and
trained in the manner of the York Militia of the

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Toronto Historical Board — Continued

period of the War of 1812-14, parades daily.
A canteen operated by the Board serves as a
reception centre for visitors. Souvenirs, handi¬
crafts, and light refreshments are sold.

The Fort grounds are becoming more and
more in demand for the holding of military and
other organizational functions. Among the most
notable events of 1960 were the Tri-Service
Investiture and the Naval Sunset Ceremony.
The Honourable J. Keiller Mackay, Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario, officiated at both func¬
tions.

Work is constantly in progress to improve the
restoration and to ensure that the eight original
buildings still standing are permanently pre¬
served and accurately represent their original
appearance and use.

MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA

The Marine Museum of Upper Canada is
housed in the Officers’ Quarters of Stanley
Barracks, which is the only building remaining
of the British Military establishment erected in
1841 to accommodate additional soldiers sent
here following the Rebellion of Upper Canada.
The building has been carefully restored and
is an excellent example of British Military
architecture of the period.

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Toronto Historical Board — Continued

Without effecting structural changes, the
rooms have been adapted to house a series of
displays designed to tell the history of the water¬
ways of Central Canada. At the present time,
the first floor only is open to the public. The
completion of the restoration of the second floor
and the expansion of the Museum into that area
is being forwarded in 1961. The Marine
Museum is open all year, every day, except
Mondays.

MACKENZIE HOUSE

The Toronto Historical Board assumed control
of the William Lyon Mackenzie Homestead on
October 15, 1960. The house contains

numerous objects associated with the life of
Mackenzie who was the City of Toronto’s first
mayor in 1 834 and leader of the Rebellion of
Upper Canada in 1 837. After being pardoned
under the terms of the Amnesty Act, he returned
to Toronto where he was later presented with
the house by his friends in recognition of his
public services. The furnishings of the house are
representative of a middle class home of the
mid- 1 9th century. The house is open to the public
all year, every day, except Mondays.

176

THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

The idea of the University of Toronto took
form late in the eighteenth century while Toronto
still was forest, its only mark of destiny a sandy
peninsula which hooked into Lake Ontario pro¬
mising safe anchorage for warships. The man
who could see the towers of a university rising
in a wilderness was John Graves Simcoe, first
Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. In
1792, before leaving Devonshire to take up
his appointment, Governor Simcoe included
“a college of the higher class” among the
institutions he proposed to establish.

In 1 827, Governor Simcoe’s vision began to
take tangible shape with the granting by
George IV of a Royal Charter for a university
to be known as King’s College in the Town of
York, Capital of Upper Canada.

Upper Canada now is Ontario, Canada’s
wealthiest and most heavily populated pro¬
vince. York is Metropolitan Toronto, the
country’s economic capital and one of her great
centres for the arts and sciences. And King’s
College, which clung to life through the bitter
controversies of its first years, has been the
University of Toronto for more than a century.

Geographically, the University is the heart
of Toronto. Four of the city’s principal north-
south arteries bound or cut through University
properties. College Street is the southern

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Hart House — University of Toronto

173

The University of Toronto — Continued

boundary and Bloor Street, site of the east-
west underground, the northern.

Elsewhere are other University properties in¬
cluding the Faculty of Dentistry building in the
hospital district, one-time country estates on
the city’s periphery, and the University Forest
of 17,000 acres far to the north.

The University faced perhaps its greatest
challenge in 1 958 when it embarked on a build¬
ing plan to almost double its size in 10 years.
The 1 958 enrolment of 1 3,000 was not large
compared with the University of London and
many United States institutions. But tremendous
problems were involved in maintaining the
University’s high academic standards during a
period of such rapid expansion.

Much of the University’s strength comes from
its federated system. In the Faculty of Arts
are four colleges: University College (the Pro¬
vincial non-denominational college), and the
federated church-related colleges, Victoria
(United Church), Trinity (Anglican), and St.
Michael’s (Roman Catholic).

Each Arts college has its own teaching and
administrative staff, giving the University flexi¬
bility to a degree not found in monolithic
institutions. This was one of the factors which

179

The University of Toronto — Continued

inevitably led to leadership in meeting Canada’s
crisis in higher education. The University will
be ready for an enrolment of 23,000 in 1968.

Total cost of the 10-year building plan has
been estimated at $85 million, the funds coming
from the University’s triple alliance of govern¬
ment, business, and the people. The University
of Toronto takes pride in being the Provincial
University of Ontario. But, economically, the
line between private and state institutions is
thin in Canada: all universities in Ontario receive
about the same proportion of their total re¬
venues from the Provincial Treasury. Without
private benefactors the University of Toronto
would not be the institution we know today.

Annual operating cost of the University and
its federated and affiliated institutions is in
excess of $30 million, most of this in salaries
which in turn benefit the economy of Metro¬
politan Toronto. The teaching staff, which
numbers more than 2,300 including junior mem¬
bers, will increase in proportion to student
enrolment.

Divisions of the University include the Faculties
of Arts, Medicine, Law, Applied Science and
Engineering, Household Science, Forestry, Music,

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The University of Toronto — Continued

Pharmacy, and Dentistry; Schools of Graduate
Studies, Architecture, Physical and Health Educa¬
tion, Social Work, Nursing, and Hygiene;
Institutes of Aerophysics, Business Administration,
and Child Study; the Ontario College of Educa¬
tion, the Connaught Medical Research Labora¬
tories, and the Division of University Extension.

Federated with the University are three theo¬
logical colleges: Knox (Presbyterian), Wycliffe
(Anglican), and Emmanuel (United Church).

The Royal Ontario Museum and the Royal
Conservatory of Music are integral parts of the
University.

The Ontario Agricultural College and the
Ontario Veterinary College at Guelph, Ontario,
are affiliated.

The most recent affiliate is York, the new
University for the Metropolitan Toronto area,
which opened its door to students in September,
1960, on Queen’s Park Crescent, just south of
Bloor Street. Commencing with the 1961-62
session and for a number of years thereafter,
York University will be located on the 87-acre
estate known as Glendon Hall on Bayview
Avenue, near Lawrence Avenue.

181

The University of Toronto — Continued

The University of Toronto has students from
60 different countries and its graduates and
former students, who number over 115,000,
may be found in all parts of the world.

Graduates of more than 250 universities are
enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies, now
the principal centre of advanced studies in
Canada.

Four hundred and thirty-one professors are
involved in the work of the School, teaching and
directing research. Their activities are spread
over 54 different courses leading to doctoral
and masters degrees which range from aero¬
nautical engineering to zoology.

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Chairman — Lieut.-Col. W. E. Phillips, C.B.E.,
D.S.O., M.C., B.A.Sc., LL.D.

Vice-Chairman — Henry Borden, C.M.G., Q.C.,
B.A.

Chancellor — F. C. A. Jeanneret, B.A., D. es L.,
O.A., LL.D.

President — C. T. Bissell, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.,
LL.D., F.R.S.C.

Secretary — J. F. Brook.

182

TELEPHONE SERVICE IN TORONTO

In 1 960, the demand for telephone service
in Toronto continued at a remarkable rate.
Nearly 38,000 telephones were added in the
local calling area, making a total of 795,955.
It is estimated that a further 38,000 will be
added during 1961.

Keeping pace with demand, the Bell Tele¬
phone Company of Canada invested some
$33,500,000 in Greater Toronto and its sur¬
round communities during 1 960 on the expan¬
sion and improvement of local service. This
rapid growth is expected to continue in 1961
with a budget of nearly $34,500,000 for this
area.

Year-end reports on Direct Distance Dialing,
inaugurated in Toronto in May, 1958, indicate
a daily average of 55,474 long distance calls
dialed directly by Toronto area customers who
can now reach more than 50,000,000 telephones
to virtually all parts of Canada and the U.S.
by this method.

Ninety per cent of the streets in the city proper
are free of telephone poles and overhead
wires, and in 1960, the amount of wire in cable
under the streets of Toronto was increased by
some 245,729 mil es.

Three new telephone buildings and five addi¬
tions to existing buildings were completed

183

Telephone Service — Continued

during the year in Toronto and suburbs— and
one other building was started, scheduled for
1961 completion. Work continues on a 10-
storey building on Eglinton Avenue East, to house
information units, directory and sales depart¬
ments and other administrative offices. Com¬
pletion of the building is expected to be June,
1961.

President of the Bell Telephone Company of
Canada is Thomas W. Eadie, with headquarters
in Montreal.

Dr. W. H. Cruickshank, vice-president and
general manager, Toronto Area, and W. M.
Rankin, vice-president and general manager.
Western Area, are both located in Toronto.

Directors of the Company living in Toronto
are Henry Borden, C.M.G., Q.C., and Robert A.
Laidlaw.

Headquarters for the Company’s Toronto and
Western Areas are located at 393 University
Avenue.

184

THE CONSUMERS’ GAS COMPANY

The Consumers’ Gas Company is now in its
113th year of service, supplying the citizens
of the Toronto area with gas for residential,
commercial and industrial use. Natural Gas,
used throughout the system, comes from Western
Canada.

Some 1,400 Company employees serve the
Metropolitan Toronto area. During 1 960 the
Company paid approximately $700,000 in
property taxes to the Metropolitan communities.

In 1960 residential usage of Natural Gas
was 1 2,556, 1 02,000 cubic feet, commercial
2,548,264,000 cubic feet and industrial 5,91 2,-
578,000 cubic feet. Competitive rates for any
application may be obtained from the Company
or any accredited dealer.

The Company's Industrial Development Divi¬
sion at 1 9 Toronto Street is very active in
promoting the Metropolitan Toronto area to
industries who are interested in locating in
Canada.

The Blue Flame Room, the Company’s attrac¬
tive, modern auditorium at General Office, 1 9
Toronto Street, is available to groups and
organizations. This room and its facilities are
provided as a FREE community service to Metro¬
politan Toronto citizens.

185

Consumers’ Gas Company — Continued
Board of Directors

A. L. Bishop, Chairman of the Board; O. L.
Jones, President and General Manager; Miss M.
Geary, Secretary; W. C. Laidlaw; R. R. Corson;
J. A. Northey; J. K. Macdonald; Honourable
Senator G. P. Campbell, Q.C.; A. R. Poyntz;
Hon. Senator T. D’Arcy Leonard, Q.C.; G. E.
Creber; W. H. Zimmerman, Q.C.; His Worship
the Mayor of Toronto, Nathan Phillips, Q.C.

General Offices — 19 Toronto Street, EMpire
2-5858.

TORONTO HYDRO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM

The Toronto Hydro-Electric System is owned
by the City of Toronto, and operated by the
Toronto Electric Commissioners. It is one of the
largest municipally-owned distribution systems
in the world, and distributes power at unusually
low rates.

ALTERNATING CURRENT LIGHT AND POWER
RATES RESIDENCE SERVICE

Alternating Current — 60 cycle — 120 volts.
Energy Charge:

Two cents per kilowatt-hour for the first
60 kilowatt-hours’ use per month.

One and four-tenths cents per kilowatt-hour
for all additional consumption.

186

Toronto Hydro-Electric System — Cont.

Prompt payment discount 1 0 per cent.
Minimum monthly bill — 75c. (net).

COMMERCIAL LIGHTING SERVICE

Alternating Current — 60 cycle — 1 20 volts.

Billing Demand — by meter or 1 00 per cent
Installed Capacity.

Monthly Demand Charge:

Eight and one-half cents per 100 watts of
Installed Capacity or Billing Demand.
Minimum Demand — 500 watts.

Energy Charge:

Two and one-tenth cents per kilowatt-hour
for equivalent of first 1 00 hours' monthly
use of Billing Demand.

Seven-tenths cent per kilowatt-hour for all
additional consumption.

Prompt payment discount 10 per cent.
Minimum monthly bill 75 c. (net).

POWER SERVICE

Alternating Current — 60 cycle — 3 phase — 550
volts.

Billing Demand — by meter or 1 00 per cent
Installed Capacity. Alternating Current —
60 cycle — 3 phase — 208 volts (see note).
Monthly Demand Charge:

One dollar and ten cents per kilowatt of
Installed Capacity or Billing Demand.

187

Toronto Hydro-Electric System— Cont.

Energy Charge:

Two and one-tenth cents per kilowatt-hour
for equivalent of the first 50 hours’
monthly use of the Billing Demand.

One and four-tenths cents per kilowatt-
hour for equivalent of the second 50
hours’ monthly use of the Billing Demand.

Thirty-eight one-hundredths cent per kilo¬
watt-hour for all additional consumption.

Prompt payment discount — 10 per cent.

TYPICAL FLAT RATE WATER HEATER
MONTHLY RATES

Gross

Net

500 watt .

$3.30

$2.97

600 watt .

3.70

3.33

800 watt .

4.50

4.05

1000 watt .

5.60

5.04

1 200 watt .

6.40

5.76

Rates for other

sizes on

request.

NO CHARGE FOR INSTALLATION,
SERVICE, REPLACEMENT OR REMOVAL

Note: — Alternating Current — 60 cycles — 3-
phase — 208 volts Service is supplied in areas
where 4-wire A.C. network is installed.

Rates for special classes of service, such as
Hall Lighting, Sign Lighting, etc., may be ob¬
tained on application.

188

TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION

The Toronto Transit Commission is responsible
for the operation of all local public transporta¬
tion within the Metropolitan Toronto area with
the exception of railways and taxis.

The present Commission was incorporated by
the same Act of the Ontario Legislature which,
on January 1st, 1954, joined Toronto and its 12
neighbouring suburban municipalities into the
new Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. On
that date the Toronto Transit Commission
assumed all the duties and obligations of its
predecessor, the Toronto Transportation Com¬
mission, which had served the City of Toronto
since 1920. At the same time the financial
responsibility of the Commission, which previ¬
ously extended only to the Toronto city limits —
an area of 35 square miles — was enlarged to
cover the Metropolitan area of 240 square
miles, an area approximately 25 miles wide
and 1 0 miles deep.

The Toronto Transit Commission consists of
five members, all residents and ratepayers of
Metropolitan Toronto, who are appointed by the
Metropolitan Council for terms of five years.

Toronto can well be proud of its transportation
system for it enjoys a world-wide reputation as
one of the finest transit systems anywhere.
During 1960, more than 282 million riders were

189

Toronto Transit Commission — Continued

carried on the Commission’s 2,000 modern buses,
street cars and subway trains. 48 million miles
of service were provided over a network of 78
routes.

THE SUBWAY SYSTEM

The Toronto Transit Commission officially
opened its 4.6 mile Yonge Street Subway on
March 30th, 1954. It is part of the services
in the central fare zone of the Metropolitan
system and free transfers are issued to and
accepted from the connecting surface routes.

Built in four years at a total cost of $64,000,-
000 including rolling stock, the line connects the
downtown district with the north end of the City.
Running under or near Yonge Street between
Union Station and Eglinton Avenue, the subway
is now providing fast, efficient, traffic-free trans¬
portation for up to 32,000 passengers per hour.
A two-minute service is operated during peak
hours. The Commission owns a total of 1 40
subway cars. With a planned capacity of
40,000 passengers per hour, the subway is the
backbone of the Commission’s transit system
and it makes connections with 27 street car,
trolley coach and motor bus routes.

In addition to providing fast comfortable
service for its riders, the subway has contributed
to the relief of traffic congestion and has en-

190

Toronto Transit Commission — Continued

couraged new business development along the
entire route. Improved real estate values have
resulted in increased business and property
assessments by millions of dollars thereby bene¬
fiting the whole community.

BLOOR-DANFORTH-UNIVERSITY SUBWAY
Now Under Construction

Faced with the necessity of relieving traffic
congestion on Bloor Street, Toronto’s principal
east-west artery, and anticipating tremendous
population growth in suburban areas tributary
to the Bloor Street car line, Metropolitan Toronto
and the Toronto Transit Commission have joined
hands in the construction of the Bloor-Danforth-
University Subway. Construction was started in
September, 1 959, and is being carried out in
three major stages extending over a 10-year
period. Work has been planned so that each
stage can be placed into operation as it is
completed. Construction stages are as follows:

Stage 1 — University Avenue from Front Street
to Bloor Street and west to Huron
Street — -completion date, 1963.

Stage 2 — Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue
from University to Greenwood Ave.
— completion date, 1966.

191

Toronto Transit Commission— Continued

Stage 3 — Bloor Street from University Avenue
to Keele Street. Also extend east
leg from Greenwood to Woodbine
Avenue — completion date, 1969.

Toronto’s new subway will be 10 miles long,
have 25 stations and will carry about 345,000
passengers a day. About 1 Vl miles will be
tunnelled, !/2-mile will be in open cut and the
remaining 8 miles will be in concrete box under¬
ground. The total cost of the subway is esti¬
mated at $200,000,000 and is being shared
by Metropolitan Toronto and the Toronto Transit
Commission.

GRAY COACH LINES

In addition to its urban and suburban services
the Commission, through its wholly owned sub¬
sidiary company, Gray Coach Lines Limited,
operates a network of interurban motor coach
routes in central and southern Ontario. With
its routes extending from the United States
border at Niagara Falls and Buffalo to Sudbury,
North Bay, the Muskoka Lakes and other Ontario
vacation resorts, Gray Coach Lines’ services
have helped to make Toronto a hub of highway
travel and have helped to develop a profitable
tourist business for the City. Special sight-seeing
and charter coach services are also provided
by Gray Coach Lines.

192

THE BOARD OF TRADE OF
METROPOLITAN TORONTO

The Board of Trade of the City of Toronto
was founded in 1 844 and incorporated the
following year. It became The Board of Trade
of Metropolitan Toronto in 1958 by an Act of
the Federal Parliament. Its principal object is
to promote and/or support such measures as
are deemed calculated to advance and render
prosperous the lawful trade and commerce and
to foster the economic and social welfare of The
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto in par¬
ticular and of the Province of Ontario and of
the Dominion of Canada in general.

The Board is one of the largest commercial
organizations in the British Commonwealth and
its membership of well over nine thousand
represents virtually every branch of trade,
industry, finance and the professions. Its affairs
are conducted by a Council of twenty-four
elected members and a number of Standing
and Special Committees, all served by a trained
permanent staff. The Committees comprise
specially qualified members in the many fields
of the Board’s interests, and the Board acts at
the municipal, provincial and federal levels of
administration on the decision of the Council
based upon Committee studies.

Affiliated with the Board are thirteen Trade
Branches, the Board of Trade Club and the

193

Board of Trade — Continued

Toronto Junior Board of Trade, the latter being
a service, training and social organization for
young businessmen. The Board has representa¬
tion on numerous public and private bodies
concerned with commercial, social and cultural
enterprises.

The premises of the Board of Trade at 1 1
Adelaide Street West include, in addition to its
administrative offices and meeting rooms, full
club facilities for its members.

CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS’
ASSOCIATION

The Canadian Manufacturers’ Association is a
voluntary non-profit, non-political organization
of manufacturers in every line of industry,
located in more than 600 communities stretching
from Newfoundland to British Columbia, who
are joined together to consider and to take
action on their common problems. It has grown
to its present size from a handful of manufac¬
turing pioneers who founded it in December,
1871, in the City of Toronto.

The guiding principles of the C.M.A. are simple
and straightforward. Its aims and objects are
to promote the interests of Canada’s industries
and their employees, to further the interests of

194

Manufacturers’ Association — Continued

Canadian manufacturers and exporters, and to
render such services and assistance to the mem¬
bers of the Association and to manufacturers
and exporters generally as the Association shall
from time to time deem advisable.

The C.M.A. co-operates constantly with fed¬
eral, provincial and municipal governments,
commissions, boards, and organizations repre¬
senting other occupations, in measures intended
to promote the welfare and prosperity of the
people of Canada.

In short, the aim of the C.M.A. is the develop¬
ment of the welfare and prosperity of Canadian
industry and thus, indirectly, the well-being of
every Canadian.

METROPOLITAN TORONTO
CONVENTION AND VISITOR
ASSOCIATION

Governed and financed by its membership,
which embraces almost every segment of Com¬
mercial and Industrial interests in the Metro¬
politan area, and with the co-operation of a
grant from the Metropolitan Council this Associa¬
tion, which was founded in 1 926, competes with

195

Metropolitan Toronto Convention and
Visitor Association— Continued

the major cities for the profitable Convention
business.

Metropolitan Toronto today is established as
the Convention Capital of Canada and most
major Service Club and Fraternal organization
conventions, international and national, are
booked for Toronto in the next four years.

During 1 960 there were 685 Conventions
with an estimated income for Metropolitan
Toronto of over 96 millions of dollars. This in
addition to the expenditure by the hundreds of
thousands of other Visitors each year. Most of
these conventions are serviced by the Associa¬
tion and the demands for its registration staff
are increasing year by year.

In the Association Executive Office, 1 2,753
letters were written apart from 33,157 tourist
enquiries answered, and together with the two
Information Centres maintained at the West
and East approaches to Metro during the
summer months, distributed 252,279 pieces of
Association literature as well as many thousands
of pieces of members material.

METROPOLITAN

TORONTO INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

The Commission’s objectives are to secure
industries for, and aid industries in, the City of
Toronto and surrounding territory and to give
publicity to the advantages of the Toronto Area
for business and manufacturing purposes.

It maintains comprehensive data concerning
available industrial properties, accepts no com¬
missions or fees, preserves confidential relations
with its correspondents, invites suggestions as
to names of companies, which might advan¬
tageously locate in the Toronto Area, and has
a staff of qualified engineers in industrial, econ¬
omic and statistical research.

Since the Commission commenced operations
in 1929, it has co-operated in the establishment
of 571 industrial developments for the Toronto
Area, representing a capital investment of
$510,000,000.00. They already provide
direct employment for 47,000 persons — a figure
greater than the manufacturing employment in
most Ontario cities. These companies in 1 960
paid to the municipalities of the Toronto Area
for taxes and hydro power a total of over
$1 1,000,000.00.

197

THE METROPOLITAN TORONTO
TRAFFIC CONFERENCE

The Metropolitan Toronto Traffic Conference
was formed in January, 1 959, by the amalga¬
mation of the Traffic Advisory Board and the
Toronto and District Traffic Conference which
were originally established in 1930.

The Conference provides a forum in which
technical officials responsible for the movement
and safety of vehicular and pedestrian traffic
meet with representatives of private organiza¬
tions having an interest in traffic matters, to
reconcile views, co-ordinate actions and advise
Metropolitan Council and all local municipal
Councils on matters affecting pedestrian and
vehicular traffic.

Twenty-one private organizations, together
with respresentatives of municipal traffic com¬
mittees, traffic officials of municipalities, boards
and commissions in the Metropolitan Area, are
represented on the Conference, which meets
monthly throughout the year on the third
Thursday in the month, in the premises of the
Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto. The
place of meeting and secretarial services are

198

Traffic Conference — Continued

provided by the Board of Trade without cost.
The total membership of the Conference at
February, 1961, was 48.

During 1 960 the Conference discussed and
made recommendations to the appropriate
authorities on uniform traffic policy, the cross¬
walk program, one-way streets and truck
terminals.

FORMER MEMBERS’ ASSOCIATION OF
TORONTO CITY COUNCILS

Honorary Presidents — Thomas N. Phelan,
Q.C.; W. J. Stewart, C.B.E., C.D., M.P.P.

Immediate Past President — George Duthie.
Acting President — Robert A. Allen.

Second Vice-President — Jack Bennett.
Acting Sec.-Treas. — Edward Roelofson.
Director of Publicity — Robt. G. Dibble.

Directors — Geo. Granell; John J. Glass; J. D.
McNish, Q.C.; H. E. McCallum; Wm. Davidson,
Q.C.; Charles M. Carrie; Arthur Frost, M.P.P.;
Harold Fishleigh, M.P.P.; Alfred Cowling,
M.P.P.; Leonard M. Reilly, C. A. Walton.

199

THE TORONTO HUMANE SOCIETY

The Toronto Humane Society was incorporated
in the year 1 887 “for the purpose of promoting
and developing humane public sentiment, and
to secure the enactment and enforcement of
suitable laws for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.’’ Its aims and objects are protective
and educational. It strives for justice and mercy
and well-being for all animals. At the Head¬
quarters of the Society, 1 1 Wellesley Street
West, it operates the City Pound, issues dog
licenses and performs the duties of Dog Control
for the City.

By-law No. 18247, passed April 16th, 1951,
amended by By-law No. 20084, passed Sep¬
tember 3rd, 1 957, appoints and authorizes
the Toronto Humane Society to issue licenses on
behalf of the Corporation of the City of
Toronto.

Licenses are issued annually for a period of
one year and expire in each year on the 1st of

January.

License fees are as follows:

Male dog, if only one kept . $ 2.50

Each additional Male dog . 4.00

Female Dog, if only one kept . 5.00

Each additional Female dog . 6.00

200

Toronto Humane Society — Continued

Spayed Female Dog, when certificate in
writing of a veterinary surgeon show¬
ing Female Dog has been Spayed —

(same as Male dog) . $ 2.50

Owner of a kennel of pure bred dogs
registered in register of Canadian
Kennel Club Incorporated, who is not
licensed as keeper of a shop or place
where animals or birds for use as pets
are sold or kept for sale . 10.00

By-law No. 18247 became effective Decem¬
ber 31st, 1951, and amendment by-law No.
20084 became effective January 1st, 1958.

TORONTO BUILDERS EXCHANGE

M. C. Stafford, Norman M. Fraser,

President. Manager.

Offices — 1104 Bay Street. WAInut 5-4233.

The Toronto Builders Exchange is a trade
organization consisting of General Contractors,
Trade Contractors, Manufacturers, Supply Firms
and Services joined together to consider and
take action for their common problems in the
Construction Industry.

The Exchange has 820 member firms employ¬
ing thousands of workmen constructing industrial,

201

Toronto Builders Exchange — Continued

commercial, engineering and institutional build¬
ings in Metropolitan Toronto.

A 50-table Plan Room is operated at 1104
Bay Street enabling members to view Plans and
Specifications that are placed on display by
Architects, Engineers and Government Depart¬
ments.

TORONTO AND DISTRICT
LABOUR COUNCIL

(Active in Toronto since 1871)

The Toronto and District Labour Council is
chartered by the Canadian Labour Congress
which is the National Body and is also affiliated
with the Ontario Federation of Labour. There
are two hundred and sixty-five local unions
affiliated with the Council with a membership
of over one hundred and ten thousand. Regular
meetings are held on the first and third Thursday
of each month at the Labor Temple, 167
Church Street, commencing at 8.00 p.m.

The Council is kept abreast of affairs through
its Standing Committees consisting of Municipal,
Legislative, Education, Public Relations, Political
Education, Union Label, Welfare Services, and
Labour Day. These committees report regularly
to Council meetings.

202

Labour Council — Continued

Evidence that the Labour Council is keenly
interested in community affairs can be found in
the fact that representatives of the Labour
Council serve on many civic boards and commis¬
sions.

Officers for the year 1961 are:

PRESIDENT

VICE-PRESIDENT

SECRETARY

TREASURER

William Jenoves
Donald Montgomery
Purdy Churchill
Robert McCormack

Offices: 33 Cecil Street, Toronto 2B, Ontario.
Telephone: EMpire 4-5641.

203

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THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE

Toronto’s growth as the financial centre of
Canada is again borne out by the 1960 results
of two important segments of Canadian economy
— stock exchange trading and bank clearings.

In trading, the Toronto Stock Exchange 1 960
volume of 469,951,543 shares represented
81% of the total stock exchange trading of
Canada, the combined Montreal and Canadian
Stock Exchanges being second with 1 3.4% and
the other three Exchanges, Winnipeg, Calgary
and Vancouver contributing 6.5%.

In dollar value, the Toronto Stock Exchange
provided $1,223,330,494, or 63.1% of the
total, Montreal contributing 34.6% and the
other three exchanges, 2.3%.

In bank clearings, Toronto led all cities in
Canada and was second only to New York on
the North American continent.

With regard to the bank clearings of the two
leading Canadian cities, Toronto and Montreal,
the former totalled $79,018,238,386 in 1960,
being an increase over a four-year period of
39.4%, while Montreal’s total in 1 960 was
$55,967,2 1 9,345, a gain of 36.3% on the
four-year period.

205

Toronto Stock Exchange — Continued

During the 1 960 year, the Toronto Stock
Exchange industrial index opened at its high
of 533.85 and fell in repeated gradations to
a low in July, partially recovered in August and
closed some nine points lower. The base metals
and western oils acted in the same pattern,
while the golds had one of its sharpest rises in
October when gold bullion was in demand.

Towards the end of the year, Lt.-Gen. Howard
D. Graham, C.B.E., Q.C., was appointed to the
presidency of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The
new President had previously been Lt.-General
and Chief of Canadian General Staff. Follow¬
ing retirement from the army in 1958 the new
President undertook two important commissions
for the Federal Government which brought him
in contact with provincial and municipal officials
in all parts of the country. The first was a study
of civil defence organizations in all the pro¬
vinces, and the second was the task of planning,
organizing and conducting the tour of Canada
of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in
1 959. During the period of the tour he acted
as the Queen’s Canadian Secretary.

206

THE CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR THE BUND

1 929 Bayview Avenue, Toronto 1 7, HU. 5-8644.

President — R. S. Misener
Managing Director — E. A. Baker
General Manager — A. V. Weir
Superintendent Ontario Division — A. N. Magill.

CNIB SERVICE

Designed with a double aim CNIB provides
a Prevention of Blindness programme for the
sighted and a rehabilitation service for the
sightless.

In addition to arranging eye care for those in
danger of losing their sight but unable to pay
the cost, CNIB operates the Eye Bank of
Canada to provide tissue for the sight-restoring
corneal transplant. CNIB also directs a clinic
for the provision of low vision lenses for those
unable to read with regular glasses. Through
a constructive education campaign by lecture,
folder and film, CNIB strives to make all
Canadians aware of the need to protect good
sight.

207

The Canadian National Institute for
the Blind — Continued

CNIB SERVICE TO THE BLIND

CNIB service to the Blind begins with special
counselling for the parents of pre-school children
and continues all through life. For blind adults
training helps bring about adjustment to the
handicap and teaches touch-type skills neces¬
sary to take the place of vision. An employ¬
ment service locates suitable positions in
industry and in cafeteria or canteen operation.
An active recreation program is offered for
the leisure hours.

For the elderly alone in the world, the CNIB
offers residence accommodation in modern
buildings. Carefully selected staff provide sym¬
pathetic understanding.

Numerous special services such as the library
of recorded books, travel concessions and dis¬
counts on the purchase of appliances makes
CNIB a valuable asset to blind citizens in
every walk of life. More than 23,000 Cana¬
dians are blind.

208

THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY

Founded 1896. Incorporated 1909.

Organization — National Office, 10 Provincial
Divisions.

Membership — There are more than 1,600,000
members of the Canadian Red Cross Society
in 1,154 Branches. Junior Red Cross mem¬
bership totals 1,374,497 in over 42,000
Branches.

An Organization of Volunteers — As a member
of the world-wide organization of mercy the
Canadian Red Cross works for the improvement
of health, the prevention of disease and the
relief of human suffering throughout the world.
Many thousands of Canadians serve as Red
Cross volunteers.

TORONTO BRANCH ACTIVITIES IN 1960

Volunteers helped veteran patients complete
10,892 arts and crafts projects; 77,310 blood
donations were collected at 523 clinics in Metro¬
politan Toronto and Toronto Township, with
30,000 patients in 23 hospitals benefiting;
1 27 Corps members, supplying own uniforms,
served 34,000 hours and drove 81,000 miles;

209

The Canadian Red Cross Society — Cont.

1 1 0 disaster victims were assisted, help in¬
cluding emergency accommodation, food, blan¬
kets and essential clothing; films were shown in
7 hospitals and lodges; 961 candidates in First
Aid classes were taught by 30 volunteer In¬
structors; 232 including 5 blind, completed
Home Nursing course; 70 Hospital Visitors made
151,076 visits in five hospitals; 87,835 Junior
Red Cross members contributed $23,166; 135
persons were located through Overseas Informa¬
tion and 1 81 enquiries were received; Overseas
Reception greeted 1 14 individuals; the Soldiers’
Club was the year-round home for 1 27 World
Wars I and II veterans; 2,902 sickroom articles
were loaned; 127,673 meals were served and
there were 2,332 house guests at Sunnybrook
Lodge; 320 new volunteers were interviewed
and placed; 243 handicapped adults and child¬
ren were taught recreational swimming; 1,359
welfare cases were served, 832 were given
material relief; Women’s Work volunteers gave
27,673 hours’ service, made and shipped
17,863 articles and 494,750 swabs.

President : J. R. M. Wilson, F.C.A.

Executive Secretary : Don S. Brandt

210

UNITED COMMUNITY FUND OF
GREATER TORONTO

85 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ontario
Telephone: EM. 6-4241

OFFICERS — 1960-61

Honorary Chairman of the Board — Edgar G.
Burton.

Chairman of the Board — W. Preston Gilbride.

President — John J. Wilson, Jr.

Vice-Presidents — The Honourable Mr. Justice
Kelly; Wilfrid Sanders; George H. Craig;
Richard R. Smith; Dr. W. H. Cruickshank.

Treasurer — Kenneth LeM. Carter.

Secretary and Executive Director — John H_
Yerger.

Date of Incorporation — May 1 6, 1 956.

The membership consists of all those who give
one dollar or more through the United Appeal.

Its affairs are managed by a Board of Trus¬
tees, elected by the members. This in turn
elects the Officers, the Executive and other com¬
mittees and appoints the permanent staff.

United Community Fund — Continued

Its basic objectives are:

(1) To unite the financial campaigns of
properly qualified agencies. (Any re¬
cognized welfare agency is eligible to
join the Fund.)

(2) To promote social welfare through the
orderly distribution of funds, and

(3) To raise the money.

The seven Red Cross branches in Metropolitan
Toronto are not members of the United Com¬
munity Fund, but participate as partners in the
fund-raising campaign in October which is
known as the United Appeal for Metropolitan
Toronto.

The number of organizations participating in
the 1959 United Appeal was 89.

The fifth year of the United Appeal in
1960 raised $9,511,937 on an objective of
$9,700,000. This was a 4.9 percent increase
over the amount announced for distribution at
the close of the 1 959 Campaign of $9,066,409.
Since the United Appeal was inaugurated in
1956 there has been a 22.6 percent increase
in the amount of money collected.

The fifth annual meeting of the United Com¬
munity Fund was held on May 1 st, 1961.

212

SOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL OF
METROPOLITAN TORONTO

Room 201, 160 Bay Street EMpire 3-4971

OFFICERS

Honorary Chairman — M. Wallace McCutcheon,
Q.C.

President and Chairman — R. T. Donald, M.B.E.,
Q.C.

Vice-President and Executive Director — Miss
Florence L. Philpott.

The Social Planning Council of Metropolitan
Toronto is a council of individuals, public and
voluntary community organizations and citizen
groups, working together to assess the health,
welfare and recreation needs of Metropolitan
Toronto and to encourage the orderly develop¬
ment of well-balanced community services. It
promotes measures for the raising of standards
of social services and the development of public
understanding and support of them. It offers its
assistance in co-ordinating the services of the
various welfare agencies both private and pub¬
lic. Another important aspect of the Council’s
activities is the assistance provided the United
Community Fund through the preparation of
reports on agency services and the undertaking
of special studies. The programme of the Coun¬
cil is carried out through Area Planning Councils

213

Social Planning Council— Continued

throughout the City and suburbs; Planning Sec¬
tions in Family and Child Welfare, Old Age,
Health, Recreation, and Immigration; and the
Research Department.

It also provides the following services: Central
Volunteer Bureau; Information Service, providing
accurate information to the general public on
health, welfare and recreational services; the
Christmas Bureau, which provides a clearing
house for applications for Christmas assistance,
and channels gifts from donors. Co-ordination
of classes in prenatal education in Metropolitan
Toronto.

The Council publishes a Directory of Health,
Welfare and Recreational services in Metropol¬
itan Toronto, a Directory of Social Centres for
Older Persons, and a Directory of Summer
Recreation.

The Council is supported by grants from the
United Community Fund and municipalities,
membership fees and Foundation grants for
special projects. It holds membership, and
participates in the Canadian Welfare Council,
Ontario Welfare Council and United Community
Funds and Councils of America, Inc.

214

CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP
REGISTRATION BRANCH

Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Clerk of the Court — Mr. L. E. Fox, 1 200 Bay

Street. Telephone: WA. 5-4121.

Application for Canadian Citizenship should
be made at the Court of Canadian Citizenship,
1 200 Bay Street, Toronto.

The Court was established in April, 1 955 and
in the meantime has received over 174,000
applications. These were submitted by persons
who came to Canada from many countries,
including the United Kingdom, Austria, China,
Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands,
Poland and the Ukraine.

A newcomer to Canada may apply for
Canadian citizenship when he has resided here
for four years and nine months. However,
wives of Canadian citizens may apply after
one year’s residence in Canada. Applicants
should bring their passports, birth certificates
and landing cards to the Court. The fee for
other than a British subject is $10.

Three months after making application the
person is called in for a hearing. At that time
he is examined by the Presiding Judge as
to his knowledge of the English or French
language as well as his knowledge of the

215

Canadian Citizenship — Continued

privileges and responsibilities of Canadian
citizenship. If this is satisfactory, he is called
in again a few weeks later to take the oath of
allegiance and receive his Certificate of Cana¬
dian Citizenship.

In the case of the British subject, the require¬
ments are practically the same. However, he
is not required to appear before the Judge,
and the fee is only $5.00. If his application is
accepted, his certificate is mailed to him.

Parents who have become Canadian citizens
are entitled to apply for Canadian Citizenship
on behalf of their minor children, born outside
of Canada. These certificates are also mailed
directly to applicants, and the fee is $1.00 in
each case.

Mention should also be made of the miniature
certificate, a laminated card 4” x 22A" in size,
which bears the holder’s photograph, and is
available to Canadian citizens for a charge of
$2.00. Applicants for miniatures should bring
in their Canadian birth certificates or certificates
of Canadian Citizenship, as the case may be,
and two passport photographs 1 %" x 1 Vi" in
size.

216

WEATHER RECORDS

FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS

The following information is supplied by the
Director, Meteorological Branch, 315 Bloor St.
West, Toronto; telephone EM. 2-621 1.

For Forecasts, telephone WAInut 5-481 1.

Year

Temperature

Pre¬

cipi¬

tation

(ins.)

Win¬

ter*

Snow¬

fall

(ins.)

Mean

Extremes

Jan.

July

Year

High¬

est

Low¬

est

1951

27.8

70.8

48.0

-4

35.40

52.8

1952

27.4

73.7

48.9

-5

26.18

70.0

1953

29.9

71.4

50.0

100

27.25

18.4

1954

21.3

70.2

47.9

-6

33.35

53.4

1955

24.9

75.8

49.2

-9

32.14

49.6

1956

24.8

68.1

46.9

-1

33.61

68.3

1957

20.6

70.4

48.3

-10

33.23

52.2

1958

25.6

70.2

46.8

-8

25.88

31.3

1959

21.7

72.5

48.1

-3

31.1 1

66.2

1960

26.0

68.8

47.3

-3

31.82

83.1

^Winter snowfall includes the amount falling in the previous
autumn months and is the total of all the amounts of freshly
fallen snow.

217

Weather Records — Continued

Season Day Degrees Below 65°F.
(September 1st to May 31st)

Season

Total Day
Degrees

Season

Total Day
Degrees

1950-51

6413

1955-56

7056

1951-52

6615

1956-57

6477

1952-53

6214

1957-58

6470

1953-54

6336

1958-59

7035

1954-55

6316

1959-60

6838

Extremes of Temperature, Precipitation
and Sunshine

Highest temperature, 1 05°, July 9 and 1 0, 1 936.

Warmest day, mean temperature, 92°, July 10,
1936.

Lowest temperature, -26.5°, January 10, 1859.

Coldest day, mean temperature, -16°, Feb¬
ruary 8, 1 934.

Warmest year, mean temperature, 50. 0°, 1 953.

Coldest year, mean temperature, 40.5°, 1 875.

Heaviest rainfall in 24 hours— 3.88 inches, July
27, 1897.

218

Weather Records — Continued

Heaviest snowfall in 24 hours — 20.5 inches,
December 11-12, 1944.

Greatest yearly precipitation — 50.17 inches,
1843.

Least yearly precipitation — 23.84 inches, 1933.

Greatest winter snowfall — 123.5 inches, 1869-
70.

Least winter snowfall — 18.4 inches, 1952-53.

Greatest total hours of sunshine — 2,306 hours,
1900.

Least total hours of sunshine — 1,844 hours,
1942.

Weather Averages — 1960

Mean temperature — 47.3°F. or 0.3° above
average.

Precipitation — 31.82 inches or 0.89 inches
above average.

Snowfall for the winter 1959-60 — 74.6 inches
or 20.1 inches above average.

Sunshine — 2,068 hours or 30 hours above
average.

219

THE O’KEEFE CENTRE FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS

On October 1 st, last year, Toronto cast its bid
for international fame with an event that be¬
came the highlighted news of the entertainment
world in 1 960.

The date marked a double premiere— the
first showing of the long-awaited Lerner and
Loewe musical, “Camelot”, and the opening of
what has been described as one of the most
beautiful theatres in North America — The
O’Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts.

To Toronto, the Centre brought not only the
glitter and excitement of world famous enter¬
tainers and first class productions, but also a
general revitalization of the downtown metro¬
politan area. Business immediately assumed
an upswing; hotels and restaurants in the
vicinity reported a surge of new, after-dark
activity, and convention delegates and visitors
found in this new Toronto landmark an exciting
attraction that helped make their stay memor¬
able.

“The theatre,” says Hugh Walker, Managing
Director of the Centre, “was designed to
support a variety of large-scale productions,
including drama, opera, ballet and symphony
concerts.” How well its concept has worked in
reality has already been established. To date.

220

The O’Keefe Centre — Continued

the theatre has housed twelve different produc¬
tions, varying from solo performances such as
Harry Belafonte to full-scale productions such
as the Royal Ballet. By the end of the first
season in June, 1961, it will have entertained
almost one million people. With its basic sub¬
scription list of some 1 8,000 members, plus an
established audience of regular theatre-goers,
party bookings, convention and industrial book¬
ings the future of the Centre as a theatre for
the finest of the world’s entertainment seems
guaranteed.

In design the theatre unites the elements of
strength and beauty — an unmistakable archi¬
tectural expression of theatre in its purest sense.
Inside, the theatre is no less impressive. Comfort,
good taste and design are criteria that serve
performers as well as members of the audience.
And this — emphasis on comfort and good de¬
sign — both before and behind the curtain are
probably the chief factors why this, the 3,200
seat Centre is building for Toronto the reputa¬
tion of being one of North America’s most
popular theatre centres.

221

Opening Night, O'Keefe Centre

Some Statistics

Size — Largest theatre in Canada. Has 152,156
sq. feet, or 3.5 acres of floor area.

Seating Capacity — 3,200 persons.

Stage— 104 ft. x 60 ft. with an additional
24 ft. side.

Rehearsal Hall — same size as stage.

Stage Lighting — remote control.

Orchestra Area — mechanically operated ele¬
vator.

Orchestra pit — accommodates 50.

Facilities —

Escalators to Balcony.

Accommodation for hard-of-hearing and
persons confined to wheelchairs.

Eight self-contained star dressing rooms.
Dressing rooms for chorus of 1 00.

222

THE TORONTO MENDELSSOHN CHOIR

Meredith G. Glassco, President

Walter Susskind, Conductor

W. Morley Smithy Q.C., Secretary-Treasurer

The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is perhaps
the oldest musical organization in Canada.
Founded in 1 894 by Dr. A. S. Vogt, it has pre¬
sented great choral works not only in Toronto
but in many large cities in the United States
and during the last fifteen years has been very
frequently engaged by Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation for coast-to-coast broadcasts of
its programs.

Its annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah”
in Massey Hall is considered to be among the
finest presentations of this work in the world.
It has also recorded this work as well as Bach’s
“St. Matthew Passion”, and there has been and
continues to be a very considerable sale of
these recordings not only in Canada and the
United States but also in Great Britain and
various other countries.

In 1 954 the Choir with the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra presented these two works in Carnegie
Hall, New York. This was the Choir’s fifth visit
to that City.

Every season the Choir presents outstanding
performances of great choral works with famous

223

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir — Continued

soloists and a symphony orchestra, in addition
to its presentation of the “Messiah”, either in
its own concerts at Massey Hall or as ‘guest
artists’ on other programs.

The Choir has had only five conductors during
its long history; Dr. Vogt who founded it in 1 894,
Dr. H. A. Fricker from 1917 to 1942, Sir Ernest
MacMillan from 1 942 to 1 957, Frederick
Silvester during 1958 and 1959 and Walter
Susskind, the present Conductor whose term
commenced in 1 960.

THE TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted
by Walter Susskind, is recognized as one of the
ten leading orchestras of the North American
Continent, and is the hub of the musical life of
Toronto.

Its season consists of almost eighty concerts
which include twelve pair of Tuesday-Wednes-
day series subscription concerts which attract
world famous artists to this city to appear as
guest soloists with the Orchestra; a series of
twenty-six Sunday afternoon Pop Concerts; sev¬
eral evening concerts for Secondary School
Students, and a number of afternoon concerts
for school children; all presented in Massey Hall.

224

Toronto Symphony Orchestra — Continued

In addition to these concerts the T.S.O. plays a
number of concerts each year in other cities in
Canada and the United States. These visits of
Toronto’s famous Orchestra do much to enhance
the prestige of this City and to display the
cultural stature of Canada.

The operating budget of the T.S.O. for the
1960-61 Season has been set at $400,000
and the expected earned income is estimated at
$210,000, leaving a balance of $190,000 to
be raised through donations. Necessary funds
are obtained through the work of the Board of
Directors, the fabulous energy and unique
activities of the Women’s Committee of the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra Association,
through donations from business firms and in¬
dividuals, and annual grants from Metropolitan
Toronto and the Canada Council.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has a long
and colourful history. In 1 906 Mr. Frank Wels-
man and Dr. Edward Fisher organized an orches¬
tra which became the T.S.O. In 1918 operations
were suspended, and in 1922 Dr. Luigi von
Kunitz organized an orchestra which he devel¬
oped into an outstanding organization although
concerts were presented at 5.00 p.m. due to the
fact that the leading musicians were only avail¬
able at that time between their engagements at
the theatres and movie houses.

225

Toronto Symphony Orchestra — Continued

Upon the death of Dr. von Kunitz in 1931 Sir
Ernest MacMillan was appointed conductor and
a series of evening concerts was established as
the new talking films made the musicians avail¬
able in the evening. After serving the orchestra
for 25 years. Sir Ernest retired in 1 956 and the
internationally famous conductor, Walter Suss-
kind, was appointed.

Born in Prague, Walter Susskind was conduct¬
ing at the Prague German Opera House when
he was twenty. During the war he toured
twenty-six countries as a concert pianist, finally
making his home in England where he became
conductor of the Carl Rosa and Sadler’s Wells
Opera Companies. He guest conducted the
leading British orchestras and became conductor
of the Scottish National Orchestra, and later
conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Mel¬
bourne, Australia. During all this time he made
regular tours as guest conductor of most of the
leading orchestras of the world. Since coming
to Toronto he has continued to travel extensively
as guest conductor, presenting concerts with
famous orchestras in concert halls, radio studios
and recording sessions.

226

THE ART GALLERY OF TORONTO

317 DUNDAS STREET WEST

For more than 60 years The Art Gallery of
Toronto has been collecting and exhibiting works
of art for the enjoyment of the citizens of
Toronto and its visitors.

In 1900 a public-spirited committee under
Sir Edmund Walker took the first steps toward
the incorporation of a Toronto gallery. The
“Toronto Art Museum" as it was then known had
no land, no building, and no collection.

However, in 1911, the generous bequest of
The Grange by Mrs. Goldwin Smith gave the
young institution its building site. In 1918 the
first galleries were completed and since then
the building has grown in stages to its present
state.

The collection, too, had its beginnings in 1911
when an arrangement was made with the
Canadian National Exhibition to receive on
long-term loan works of art acquired by that
Association. Today the visitor will find painting
and sculpture ranging from Old Masters of the
14th century to young painters of today. A
walk through the galleries will reward the visitor
who enjoys Tintoretto, Rembrandt, van Dyck,
Gainsborough, Reynolds, Degas, Renoir, William
Ronald and Jimmy Ernst.

227

The Art Gallery of Toronto — Continued

Naturally the Gallery has an important
collection of Canadian work. Perhaps the best
known examples are The West Wind, by Tom
Thomson, and North Shore, Lake Superior, by
Lawren Harris. For the lover of contemporary
art, there are representative foreign and
Canadian works, including paintings by Riopelle,
Buffet, Afro, Sutherland, Augustus John and
sculpture by Henry Moore and Jacques
Lipchitz.

Although the Gallery continues to borrow
works from other collections to assemble special
exhibitions like Dutch Painting — The Golden
Age and the 1961 Vincent van Gogh Exhibition,
it is also asked to lend paintings for the special
exhibitions of other galleries.

The size and prestige of the collection has
increased yearly through the gradual addition
of paintings and sculpture by gift or purchase.
Every item in the collection has been given or
purchased with funds donated by private citi¬
zens and corporations.

In addition to these donations, the Gallery’s
work has been helped by grants from the
Metropolitan Council. By agreement with the
City of Toronto, the Gallery’s grounds have
been made into a public park, maintained by
the City, and admission to the Gallery is free on

228

weekends and holidays. In consideration of
this, the City makes an annual payment to the
Gallery. Monies received from all levels of
government constitute only 50 per cent of re¬
venue necessary to meet current maintenance
expenses.

Besides showing its permanent collection and
changing exhibitions, the Gallery holds lectures
and demonstrations, shows art films and gives
tours, to stimulate the adult visitor. Regular
school tours introduce the Gallery’s collection

The Van Gogh Exhibition , held in February and
March, 1961, attracted more than 100,000 visitors

The Art Gallery of Toronto — Continued

and facilities to nearly 30,000 of the City’s
children every year.

Annual membership in the Gallery is open to
everyone for a small yearly fee. The interest
and support of its 5,000 members makes the
Gallery a vigorous and influential voice in
Toronto’s public life.

THE NATIONAL BALLET GUILD
OF CANADA

One of the largest permanent theatrical
organizations on the continent, the National
Ballet of Canada has its headquarters in
Toronto. Radiating from this central point it
operates an internationally famed touring
company which annually visits scores of cities
across Canada and the United States, an aca¬
demic-ballet school, unique on the continent, a
summer school which each year attracts more
than 300 students from all parts and has its own
scenic, wardrobe, and business departments.

Founded in 1951 by artistic director Celia
Franca, LL.D., L.I.S.T.D., the company had its
first performance in November of the same year.
Rehearsals are held in the picturesque and
venerable St. Lawrence Hall, one of the city’s
historic landmarks, which dates back more than
a century.

230

National Ballet of Canada.
Scene from 11 Pineapple Poll" .

In September, 1959, the National Ballet
School was founded for residential and day
students at 1 1 1 Maitland Street. Registration
more than doubled during its second year with
pupils receiving unusual training in the arts, as
well as regular educational subjects, coming
from as far as California, Victoria, and the
Bahamas.

The wardrobe department is located in the
residential school at Maitland Street where
ballet training, apart from the regular curricu¬
lum, is available to more than 200 students.

231

The National Ballet of Canada — Continued

For the Tenth Anniversary Season four new
works, three by Canadian choreographers,
were introduced. This bring to 20 the ballets
commissioned from Canadians, many with
original music also commissioned.

The only company in North America with
four of the great classics (“Swan Lake”,
“Giselle”, “The Nutcracker”, and “Coppelia”)
in their entirety, it also has a large repertoire
by distinguished European and U.S. choreo¬
graphers such as Antony Tudor, Frederick
Ashton, Walter Gore, John Cranko, and Andre
Howard.

Head Office of the Company is 73 Adelaide
Street West. From here, liaison with branches
of The National Ballet Guild of Canada is car¬
ried on. The company arranges its own book¬
ings inside Canada. Outside this country en¬
gagements are arranged through the William
Morris Agency Inc., 1740 Broadway, New York
City.

Artistic adviser is Kay Ambrose, noted author,
artist, designer and lecturer. Ballet Mistress is
Betty Oliphant; Musical Director, George Crum;
Company Notator (Labanotation), Lucille Mc¬
Clure; General Manager, Carman B. Guild.

The National Ballet Guild of Canada was
established formally by Letters Patent, October

232

The Art Gallery of Toronto — Continued

27, 1951. Its purpose was to create and main¬
tain a professional ballet company in and for
Canada which would strive for the highest
standard of performance and offer to talented
young Canadians and to other associated artists
the opportunity for a ballet career in Canada.
Guild branches are in Toronto, London (Ont.),
Windsor, Belleville, Hamilton, Montreal, Calgary,
Edmonton, Quebec and other cities.

CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY

The Canadian Opera Company, formerly the
Opera Festival Association of Toronto, now in
its twelfth season, was formed in 1 950, and
is responsible for developing the first repertory
opera company on a professional basis in
Canada.

With headquarters at 1 35A Avenue Road,
the Company and its Chamber Opera Group
have produced and performed a total of thirty
different operatic works.

Their repertory includes the operas of Mozart,
Verdi, Puccini, Mennoti, Gounod, Smetana, Bizet,
Rossini, Massenet, Humperdinck, Wolf-Ferrari,
Pergolese, Offenbach, J. Strauss Jr., Lehar, and
Rodgers and Hammerstein.

233

Canadian Opera Company — Continued

The Chamber Opera Group recently com¬
pleted a tour of sixty-two cities of Canada,
covering nine provinces with Nicolai’s “The
Merry Wives of Windsor’’.

Besides this touring group, the Canadian
Opera Company have an annual engagement
at the Royal Alexandra Theatre here in Toronto
and from 1 961 onwards at the O’Keefe Centre,
where they perform three to four new works,
for a two-week season or more.

Herman Geiger-Torel, who has made a tre¬
mendous impact on the development of opera
in Canada, is general director and provides
employment for Canadian talents in their own
country. With few exceptions of prominent
guest artists, the opera’s outstanding group of
operatic voices are either Canadian by birth
or by residence.

President of the board is Frank McEachren.

The Company is aided by a capable and
energetic women’s committee, headed by Mrs.
Russell T. Payton who is president. This group is
particularly interested in the ticket sale and in
the opportunities provided to Canadian profes¬
sional singers, students and graduates of the
Royal Conservatory of Music. They also serve
on the board of directors of the Company.

234

MUNICIPALITY OF
METROPOLITAN TORONTO

(For List of Members of Council, Committees
and Officials, see pages 322-327)

Population — T ,527,1 05
Area— 153,402 acres

The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act,
1953, as amended, provides for a federal
system of municipal government, for certain
financial and other purposes, for the City of
Toronto and 1 2 suburban municipalities.

The 1 3 area municipalities of the federation
retain their autonomy in respect to local matters
and have representation on the Metropolitan
Council, which is the legislative body of the
federation and is responsible for the provision
of the Metropolitan Services.

The Metropolitan Council is composed of the
mayor, 2 senior controllers and the senior aider-
man of each of the 9 wards of the City of
Toronto (senior according to votes at the pre¬
ceding election), and the head of the council of
each of the foregoing 1 2 suburban munici¬
palities, making a total of 24 members.

At the first meeting of the Metropolitan
Council in the year 1 955, and in each year
thereafter, at which a quorum is present, the

235

Metropolitan Toronto — Continued

Metropolitan Council shall organize as a council
and elect as chairman one of the members of
the Metropolitan Council, or any other person,
to hold office for that year and until his successor
is elected or appointed.

The powers and responsibilities of the Metro¬
politan Council extend to the following:

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE— Administration
of justice within the area and maintenance of
courts and jail, including Juvenile and Family
Courts. (York County is required to contribute
to these expenses.)

ASSESSMENT — Establishment of a uniform
assessment system throughout the metropolitan
area.

EDUCATION — A Metropolitan School Board to
correlate the educational facilities in the
metropolitan area and through the Metro¬
politan Corporation finance the local school
boards in each of the area municipalities to
the extent of:

$190 per year for each primary pupil;

$315 per year for each academic second¬
ary pupil;

$350 per year for each commercial secon¬
dary pupil;
and

$535 per year for each technical pupil.

236

Metropolitan Toronto — Continued

Assumes total cost of operation of approved
special education classes. Assumes responsi¬
bility for repayment of cost of school projects
which are approved for legislative grant pur¬
poses.

FINANCES — The Metropolitan Corporation
establishes an annual budget for its estimated
expenditures and collects that amount from
the 1 3 constituent municipalities by a metro¬
politan levy upon the assessment in each local
municipality. Local municipalities no longer
issue debentures. Their requirements for
debenture financing are submitted to the
Metropolitan Corporation. The Metropolitan
Corporation determines, subject to an appeal
to the Ontario Municipal Board, what local
permanent financing should be done and
debentures for such requirements are issued
by the Metropolitan Corporation and no
longer by the local municipality.

LICENSING — The Metropolitan Licensing Com¬
mission exercises jurisdiction over practically
all aspects of licensing in the metropolitan
area.

PARKS — The Metropolitan Corporation is em¬
powered to establish metropolitan parks
under the Metropolitan Parks Department
which was established in 1 955.

237

Metropolitan Toronto — Continued

PLANNING — The Metropolitan Toronto Planning
Board has jurisdiction over the metropolitan
area and all adjoining township areas. Its
duties include the preparation of an official
plan for the metropolitan planning area, the
general scope of which shall include land
uses, ways of communication, sanitation, green
belts and park areas, and public transporta¬
tion.

POLICE — Police services within the City of
Toronto and the twelve area municipalities
are provided by the Metropolitan Toronto
Police, responsible to the Metropolitan Board
of Commissioners of Police.

ROADS — The designation of certain highways
as metropolitan roads and the establishment
of an arterial system of highways. Metro¬
politan roads are financed to the extent of
50% for construction and maintenance by
the Metropolitan Corporation and 50% by
the Province of Ontario.

SEWAGE DISPOSAL — The construction and
maintenance of trunk sewer mains and sewage
treatment plants providing a metropolitan
sewage disposal system which accepts sewage
from each of the 1 3 municipalities on a whole¬
sale basis. The local sewage collection
systems remain the responsibility of the local
municipalities.

238

Metropolitan Toronto — Continued

TRANSPORTATION — Appointment of a five-
man Toronto Transit Commission responsible
for all public transportation in the metro¬
politan area, other than railways and taxis.
(Also see under Toronto Transit Commission.)

WATER SUPPLY — The construction and main¬
tenance of pumping stations, treatment plants,
trunk mains and reservoirs for the wholesale
distribution of water to the 1 3 municipalities.
The Metropolitan Corporation sells water to
the local municipalities on a wholesale basis.
The local distribution systems and the retail
sale of water to consumers remain the respon¬
sibility of the local municipalities.

WELFARE AND HOUSING SERVICES— The hos¬
pitalization of indigent patients; Post sana¬
torium care for consumptives; Homes for the
Aged; the maintenance of wards of Children's
Aid Societies; the maintenance and education
of children in Ontario Training Schools; River-
dale Hospital and housing.

239

Metropolitan Toronto — Continued

City of Toronto Streets Designated
as Metropolitan Roads

Annette St.

Avenue Rd., Bloor St.
W. to Lonsdale Rd.

Avenue Rd., Oxton
Ave. to North City
Limits

Aylmer Ave.

Bathurst St.

Bayview Ave.

Bayview Ave. Exten¬
sion, Queen St. to
City Limits

Beverley St.

Bloor St. W. and E.

Broadview Ave., Dan-
forth Ave. to North
City Limits

Castle Frank Road,
Bloor St. to Drums-
nab Rd.

Cherry St. at Lake
Shore Blvd. E.,
approx. 750 ft.

Coxwell Ave.

Danforth Ave.

Drumsnab Rd., Castle
Frank Rd. to Bloor
St.

Dufferin St., Dundas St.
W., to North City
Limits

Dundas St. W. and E.

Dupont St.

East Don Roadway

Eastern Ave., Leslie St.
to Queen St. E.

Eglinton Ave. E. and
W.

F. G. Gardiner Ex¬
pressway

Glen Echo Dr.

Jane St.

Jarvis St.

Keele St.

Kingston Rd.

Lake Shore Blvd. E.
and W.

Leslie St., Lake Shore
Blvd. E. to Eastern
Ave.

240

Metropolitan Toronto — Continued

Lawrence Ave. E. and
W.

Lonsdale Rd., Avenue
Rd. to Oriole Pkwy.

Moore Ave.

Mount Pleasant Rd.

Old Weston Rd.

Oriole Pkwy., Lonsdale
Rd. to Oxton Ave.

Oxton Ave., Oriole
Pkwy. to Avenue Rd.

Pape Ave.

Park Dr. Reservation,
Mount Pleasant Rd.
to East City Limits

Parkside Dr.

Queen’s Pk. and
Queen’s Pk. Cres.

E. and W.

Queen St. E., Eastern
Ave. to Kingston Rd.

Queensway, from
Roncesvalles Ave. to
West City Limits

Rees St., Lake Shore
Blvd. W. to Queen’s
Quay

River St., north of
Gerrard St.

Riverside Dr.

Rosedale Valley Rd.

Roxborough St. E. and
W.

Russell Hill Dr.,
Spadina Rd. to St.
Clair Ave. W.

St. Clair Ave. E. and
W., West City
Limits to Mount
Pleasant Rd.

St. George St.

Spadina Ave. (include
Spadina Cres.)

Spadina Rd., Bloor St.
W. to Russell Hill Dr.

University Ave.

Vaughan Rd., Bathurst
St. to Dufferin St.

West Don Roadway,
north of Queen St.

Weston Rd.

Woodbine Ave.

Yonge St.

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STEELES

HISTORIC TORONTO

THE FRENCH PERIOD

The history of Toronto dates back almost
three hundred years when the present site, long
before the advent of the white race, was the
southern end of the most important of the Indian
trails connecting Lake Huron and Lake Ontario.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, this site was
called "The Toronto Carrying Place”. The
trail ran from the mouth of the Humber River to
the Holland River, thence by water to Lake
Huron. A monument and plaque marking the
Indian trail was erected at the corner of Weston
Road and Clouston Road, Mount Dennis, on May
8, 1948, by the York Pioneer and Historical
Society and the Toronto and York Roads Com¬
mission. To that intrepid explorer, LaSalle, must
go the credit in large measure for making
famous The Carrying Place. While his exploits
are almost forgotten in the Province of Ontario
which knew him so well in those early days, his
name is held in reverence elsewhere across
Canada, even to the Rocky Mountains. At that
time, what is now the Province of Ontario was
covered with dense hardwood forests pene¬
trated only in a few directions by means of
Indian trails. The name “Toronto” is of
Huron Indian origin, signifying either
"a place of meeting” or "plenty”. At
first, the name “Toronto” applied to the area
surrounding the northern end of the trail at Lake

244

Toronto — Continued

Simcoe, but in later years, the name became
associated with the southern end of the trail on
Lake Ontario. In those early days there was
great rivalry between the French and English
fur traders for control of the lucrative business
in furs. The French had a fortified trading post
at Niagara, and the English built one at
Oswego further to the east on the south side of
Lake Ontario, in an effort to divert the trade in
furs from the French. To counteract this loss in
trade, the French established a fortified trading
post in 1750 at a site which is now at the foot
of Dufferin Street. This post was built by the
order of the Governor of New France, Le Mar¬
quis de la Jonquiere, and was named Fort Rouille
after the Colonial Minister of that time, but was
generally called Fort Toronto. There had been
temporary trading posts in the vicinity of the
Humber River from as early as 1678.

As a phase of the Seven Years’ War on this
continent between the British and French nations
for colonial empire, Fort Rouille was burned in
1 759, in order to prevent English occupation, the
French garrison withdrawing to Montreal. Fort
Niagara was, at that time, being besieged by
British Forces and soon fell.

By the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France sur¬
rendered to Great Britain all claims to territory
east of the Mississippi. Great Britain, by this

245

Toronto — Continued

time, had eliminated all foreign claimants to the
region east of the Mississippi and from Hudson
Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.

— From the Imperial Oil Collection.

LaSALLE

Crossing the Toronto Portage, 1681, on his way to

the Mississippi.

246

Toronto — Continued
THE BRITISH PERIOD

The Toronto Purchase 1788

As part of a plan for the re-opening of the
route between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron,
and for the control of the rich fur trade, Sir Guy
Carleton, 1 st Baron Dorchester, during his second
appointment as Governor-in-Chief of Canada,
1786-1796, arranged in 1788 for a conference
to be held between representatives of the
Government and the Chiefs of the Mississauga
Indians, to negotiate for the purchase of the
lands on which the city is now situated. Part
of the price paid to the Indians was 149 barrels
of goods, blankets, bolts of doth, axes and a
wealth of articles dear to the hearts of the
Indians.

Town Planning

It had been previously decided by the British
Government to establish a town at Toronto, and
in 1788, on orders from Lord Dorchester, a site
was surveyed by Alexander Aitken.

Later in the same year Captain Gother Mann,
commanding the Royal Engineers in Canada,
made similar investigations. Nothing resulted
from these activities and plans at the time.
Captain Mann had completed a survey and laid
out a town of considerable size on the very same
site where now stands Toronto. His survey took

247

Toronto — Continued

in the whole territory surrounded by High Park,
Broadview Avenue and Bloor Street. The resi¬
dential area laid out consisted of 43 blocks,
divided by streets laid out at right angles to
each other. The military buildings were to stand
in a great square, right in the centre of the area
surveyed. This square today would comprise all
the lands in Toronto south of College Street to
the Bay, between Dufferin Street and Parliament
Street. Captain Gother Mann gave the name of
“Torento” to his proposed town, and it was
under that name that the plan of the town,
including a full set of particulars, was forwarded
to England with the Colonial Correspondence in
the year 1790.

The Province of Upper Canada

By the Constitutional Act, 1791, Quebec was
divided into two separate provinces. Lower
Canada and Upper Canada. The Province of
Upper Canada comprising all lands west of the
Ottawa River was constituted to meet the needs
of some six thousand settlers mostly parties of
veterans of American birth, who had fought
on the side of the British against the Revolution,
in the Queen’s Rangers, Butler’s Rangers or
other regular or irregular troops. These settlers
were of English speech, unfamiliar with the
French Civil Law as exercised in Quebec. By
the Constitutional Act, these settlers living west

248

Toronto — Continued

of the Ottawa River were given the right to
establish a government of their own, with an
elective legislature patterned on the constitution
of Great Britain. The King sent out a Lieutenant-
Governor, a Chief Justice, an Attorney-General
and other officials to organize the new govern¬
ment.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Graves Simcoe, who
had commanded the Queen’s Rangers against
the American revolutionists and had returned to
England on parole and, at the time, was living
in retirement on his rural estate in Devonshire,
was chosen by the King in 1791 as the first
Lieutenant-Governor of the newly created Pro¬
vince of Upper Canada.

Simcoe set sail for Canada on September 26,
1791, and landed at Quebec. The next year he
proceeded by batteaux to Kingston, arriving
there July 1, 1792. He issued the writs for the
election of the new government of Upper
Canada the same month, after which he moved
to Niagara, later to be renamed Newark, where
the Provisional Capital of Upper Canada was
established. The first meeting of the legislature
for Upper Canada was held at Newark on Sep¬
tember 17, 1792; it numbered 23 members in
all, seven councillors and sixteen elected mem¬
bers.

249

Toronto — Continued
The Founding of Toronto

Governor John Graves Simcoe favoured lay¬
ing out the new capital of the Province of Upper
Canada on the site of the present City of London,
it being his opinion that the frontier of an enemy
state was an unsuitable place for a capital. As
a temporary arrangement, however, he decided
to establish the seat of Government on the north
shore of Lake Ontario where now stands the
City of Toronto. This, because of its strategic
location and easily defended natural harbour,
he had selected as a site for an arsenal. Gover¬
nor Simcoe had had his first glimpse of Toronto
on May 2, 1793, when accompanied by his
officers, he was rowed from Newark around the
head of Lake Ontario in batteaux.

On July 20, 1793, Governor Simcoe sent a
hundred men of the Queen’s Rangers, a new
corps with the old name, who crossed the Lake
from Newark. This corps landed somewhere
near the foot of Bathurst Street, and commenced
the work of laying out the site for the new
town. Governor Simcoe officially arrived in
Toronto Bay on July 30, 1793, which is the date
observed as Founder’s Day by the citizens
of Toronto, especially those of United Empire
Loyalist descent.

250

— By C. W. Jefferys — Imperial Oil Collection.

Mrs. Simcoe sketching the first picture of Toronto
Bay, 1793 , while her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel
John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of
Upper Canada, looks on.

Toronto — Continued
The Town of York

Governor Simcoe, on August 26, 1793,

changed the name of Toronto to York, in honour
of the Duke of York, son of the then King George
III, a salute being fired at noon the next day, in
celebration of the change.

York, in 1793, consisted only of the military
works; it was not until the next year, 1794, that
the erection of buildings was commenced to
house the various officials.

The Legislative Assembly continued to meet at
Newark until 1 796. In that year Governor Sim¬
coe issued instruction for the erection of the
Legislative Buildings at York. These were com¬
menced in July, 1796. The first session of the
second Legislature of Upper Canada was held in
York beginning June 1, 1797, but in temporary
quarters, the new buildings being unfinished.

Because of ill health, Lieutenant-Governor
Simcoe was granted leave of absence and set
out for England on July 9, 1 796, never to return.
In the same year he was promoted to the local
rank of Lieutenant-General which was later con¬
firmed in the Army. In 1 806 he was appointed
to succeed General Lake as Commander-in-
Chief and Governor of India. While he was
making preparations to go to India, the British
Government, alarmed at the threat of Napoleon

252

Toronto — Continued

to Portugal, decided to send Simcoe with an
Army to Tagus to join the British Navy there. On
the voyage out he was taken ill and had to
return. He died at Exeter on October 26, 1 806,
and was buried at the family seat, Wolford
Lodge, Devon, England.

War with the United States

During the War of 1812-14 the town of York
was occupied by the United States Forces in
1813 at which time the Legislative Assembly
Buildings and Archives were burned; and the
Mace, emblem of sovereignty and authority for
many centuries in the British Empire, was carried
away. In reprisal for the burning and plunder¬
ing of the Town of York, the British forces
captured Washington, and burned all its public
buildings. It is said that before setting fire to
the President’s Mansion, a regiment of Scottish
soldiers devoured a fine dinner prepared for
the President, then they burned as much of the
house as possible, leaving only an outer shell.
The President’s Mansion was restored after¬
wards, and is now called the White House, for
the reason that it had to be covered with many
coats of white paint to conceal the marks of
its severe burning. In 1934, during Toronto’s
Centennial Celebrations, the Mace was returned
to the Ontario Government through the good
offices of the late President of the United States,

253

Toronto — Continued

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as a gesture of
international goodwill.

This historic Mace now alternates between the
Royal Ontario Museum on Bloor Street West and
Fort York, Fleet Street at Strachan Avenue,
where it is on display during the open season.
On occasions this Mace is used in the impressive
ceremonies carried out at the official opening of
the Provincial Legislature.

The City of Toronto, 1834

In 1834, the population having increased to
over 9,000, the Government of the Province of
Upper Canada passed an Act, dated March 6,
1834, to extend the limits of the Town of York
and to incorporate the said Town into a City,
under the name of the City of Toronto.

The preamble of the Bill declared:

Whereas, from the rapid increase of the
population, commerce and wealth of the Town
of York, a more efficient system of police and
municipal government than now established,
has become obviously necessary; and

Whereas, none appears so likely to attain
effectually the objects desired, as the erecton
thereof into a City, and the incorporation of the
inhabitants, and vesting in them the power to
elect a Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council-

254

Toronto, 1834, from the East, showing the Gooderham Windmill.

Toronto — Continued

men and other officers, for the management of
the affairs of the said City and the levying of
such moderate taxes, as may be necessary for
improvements and other public purposes; and

Whereas, the name of York is common to so
many towns and places that it is desirable for
avoiding inconvenience and confusion, to desig¬
nate the Capital of the Province by a name
which will better distinguish it, and none ap¬
pears more eligible than that by which the site
of the present town was known before the name
of York was assigned to it:

“Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the
advice, etc., etc.”

The first municipal elections in the City of
Toronto were held on Thursday, March 27, 1 834.
At this time all voting was by open vote.

It is of interest to note, in passing, that voting
by ballot was introduced first in Toronto muni¬
cipal elections on January 1 , 1 867. At Federal
elections, however, the system of open voting
continued until 1874. All male householders
had the franchise, whether owners or tenants.
The City was divided into five wards: St.
Andrew, St. David, St. George, St. Lawrence,
and St. Patrick, and, in each, two aldermen and
two councilmen were elected. The mayor was
chosen, by council, from among the aldermen.

256

257

Residence of William Lyon Mackenzie, first Mayor of Toronto, 1834.

Location — 82 Bond Street.

Toronto — Continued
Toronto’s First Mayor

William Lyon Mackenzie, the grandfather on
his mother’s side of the former Prime Minister
of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King, was
chosen by his fellow members of Council, as the
first Mayor of the City of Toronto, in the year
1834. Mackenzie moved to York in 1824 and
was elected a member of Parliament in 1 828.
He was founder and editor of a newspaper, the
Colonial Advocate, in which he denounced the
government in no uncertain terms for mismanage¬
ment and corruption caused by nepotism in its
appointments to office. It is interesting to note
that following the rebellion of 1837, William
Lyon Mackenzie fled into exile to New York
State, where his youngest daughter was born,
who afterwards became the mother of the
former Prime Minister of Canada, the Right
Honourable W. L. Mackenzie King.

The home of the first Mayor, located at 82
Bond Street, is maintained as a historic site.

TORONTO PORTRAITS

The Opening of Yonge Street, from a
point about three miles north of the waterfront
to Holland Landing, was one of the notable
achievements of Governor Simcoe. The work
of clearing, which was carried out by the soldiers
of the York Garrison, was commenced on

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Toronto — Continued

December 28, 1795, and occupied most of
the winter. It was named after Sir George
Yonge, Secretary of State for War of Great
Britain.

A public notice appeared in the Upper
Canada Gazette of March 27, 1801, giving
notice of the proposal to complete that part of
Yonge Street between the Town of York and the
three mile post. The work was completed in
1 802, and paid for by public subscription.
Yonge Street, south of Lot Street (Queen), was
not opened as a public thoroughfare until 1 820.
York then comprised only twelve blocks im¬
mediately north of the Parliament Buildings,
which were situated close to the waterfront
at the foot of what is now Berkeley Street.

Governor Simcoe saw the urgent need for the
opening of roads for the future economic devel¬
opment of the Province of Upper Canada, as
well as from a military standpoint. Under his
direction a party of the Queen’s Rangers from
the Garrison of Fort York also commenced the
opening of a road from the head of Lake
Ontario to the River Thames. It was named
Dundas Street in hour of the Secretary to the
Colonies, Henry Dundas, first Viscount Melville.

The first extensive industry was estab¬
lished in Toronto in 1812 when Jesse Ketchum

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Toronto — Continued

started the business of tanning hides at what
is now the southwest corner of Yonge and
Adelaide Streets. At that time, in the Town
of York, there was a blacksmith, a wainwright,
a candlemaker, a clock maker, a hat maker
and a cobbler.

Toronto’s first street lighting system
was placed in service during the year 1 842, the
illuminant being gas; at that time Toronto was
one of eleven cities on the North American Con¬
tinent to have a street lighting system. Electric
arc lights made their appearance in 1 884. To¬
day, there are approximately 40,000 street
lights in the City of Toronto. Toronto is con¬
sidered to be one of the most modern-lighted
cities of its size on this continent.

The first local public transportation

service was operated by a cabinet maker by
the name of Williams who inaugurated in 1 849
an omnibus service from St. Lawrence Market
to Yorkville near Bloor Street, by way of King
and Yonge Streets. In 1861 a franchise was
given the Toronto Street Railway Company for
the operation of rail transportation with horse-
drawn street cars to operate at not more than
thirty-minute intervals, and at a speed of six
miles per hour. The first street railway in
Canada was operated on Yonge Street on
September 11, 1861.

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Toronto — Continued

In May, 1842, just eight years after incor¬
poration as a City, Charles Dickens wrote this
most illuminating description of Toronto: “The
town itself is full of life and motion, bustle,
business and improvement. The streets are well
paved and lighted with gas; the houses are
large and good; the shops excellent, many of
them having a display of goods in their windows
such as may be seen in thriving towns in England,
and some which would do no discredit to the
metropolis itself. There is a good stone prison
here, and there are, besides, a handsome church,
a court house, public offices, many commodious
private residences and a Government observa¬
tory for noting and recording the magnetic
variations.”

The discovery of insulin, one of the most
accurately planned scientific developments that
the world has ever known, was made at the
physiology laboratories of the University of
Toronto in the year 1921, by the late Sir
F.ederick Banting, Dr. Charles H. Best and Dr.
J. B. Collip, working under Professor J. J. R.
McLeod. The Nobel Prize for the discovery of
insulin was awarded to Doctors Banting and
Best, who, in turn, divided the gratuities attached
thereto with Doctors Collip and McLeod. The
prolongation of life made possible by the
discovery of Insulin has made Toronto a name

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Toronto — Continued

revered to all those who have suffered with
Diabetes and the mecca for all scientists, the
world over, interested in the study of such an
important disease.

The Invention of Standard Time by

Sanford Fleming, in 1879, was one of the
notable achievements of a citizen of Toronto in
the earlier days. After Mr. Fleming had read a
paper on his invention before the Canadian
Institute in February, 1 879, the Marquis of Lome,
then Governor-General of Canada, sent out
copies of the address to all Governments. The
Czar of Russia called an International Time
Convention which met in Rome in 1882. This
meeting was adjourned and met at Washington,
D.C., in 1883. At the Washington Conference,
Standard Time was adopted by most countries
of the world, the system going into effect on
November 18, 1883. Toronto’s clocks were
advanced 17 minutes to bring them into line
line with the 75th meridian.

Mr. Sanford Fleming was knighted by the
late Queen Victoria, in recognition of the
importance of his invention.

The first municipal offices and City Hall

were located in the upper portion of the new
Market building which had been erected by the
Town of York in 1 833 on lands on the south side
of King Street, between Jarvis and Market

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Toronto — Continued

Streets. Here the first city council meeting of
the newly created City of Toronto was held in
the year 1834. This building was demolished
in 1849.

The first City Hall was erected in the year
1 844, on the south side of Front Street between
Jarvis and Market Streets, and now forms part
of the St. Lawrence Market. It was designed by
an English architect, Henry Bowyer Lane, who
also designed an addition to Osgoode Hall and
three churches, Trinity, 1 843; St. George, 1 844;
and Holy Trinity, 1847.

The site of the present City Hall, expro¬
priated in 1 884, is a large parcel of land
bounded on the south by Queen Street, on the
west by Bay Street, on the north by Albert
Street, and on the east by James Street. The
frontage on Queen Street is 331 feet. For
1960 the land is assessed at $1,886,790.00
and the building at $2,970,200.00 for a total
assessment of $4,856,990.00. The building
was intended, originally, for Court House pur¬
poses only, but it was decided, subsequently, to
erect a combined City Hall and Court House.

The cornerstone of the present City

Hall is located at the southwest corner of the
tower foundation, and was laid by Mayor E. F.
Clarke on November 21, 1891. The building

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Toronto — Continued

was opened for public business on September
18, 1899, with Mayor John Shaw presiding.
The total cost (including site, clock, bells and
furniture) did not exceed $2,500,000.00 al¬
though it has a floor space of 5.4 acres.

The tower of the City Hall rises to a
height of approximately 300 feet from the side¬
walk. In the tower is installed a massive clock
of British manufacture with three bells which are
used for striking the quarter hours, half hours
and the hours. The smallest bell (quarter bell)
weighs 1,904 pounds, the next largest (half
bell) 3,339 pounds, and the largest (hour bell)
1 1,648 pounds. The bells were rung for the
first time at midnight, December 31, 1900,
ushering in the twentieth century. The diameter
of the clock face is 20 feet. The architect of
the City Hall was Edward James Lennox, whose
name and profession are carved on blocks of
stone, one initial on each block, underneath the
eaves of the roof, on the south, east and west
sides of the City Hall building.

The great stained glass window in the

City Hall depicting “The Union of Commerce and
Industry’’ symbolizes the upbuilding of Toronto.
The Civic Queen stands hand in hand with the
sponsor of Industry, behind whom are grouped
representatives of the various trades, while on
her right, representing Commerce, are figures

264

.iiiiniiiiiiioiy

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. .

The Great Stained Glass Window and Memorial on
the main staircase of the City Hall. The Memorial
contains “ The Golden Book of Remembrance" , dedi¬
cated to the citizens of Toronto who gave their lives
in the Second World War.

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Toronto — Continued

symbolic of the continents. Toronto’s shipping
and building interests are also depicted in the
design. The distant building surmounted by a
cupola is a faithful representation of the old
City Hall front, while the portion of the structure
with scaffolding surrounding it is the south-west
corner of the new City Hall, from a careful
drawing specially made for the window at the
time the building was in the course of construc¬
tion. The rising sun, emblematic of activity,
spreads its rays across a wide expanse of sky
and sea. In the top panels, the Arms of the
City of Toronto are shown with the Motto:
“Industry — Intelligence — Integrity”, flanked
by symbolic figures of “Peace” and “Honour”.

The window, owing to its originality of design
and special artistic excellence, has long since
become well known, and is ever a source of
pleasure to visitors, more particularly to persons
familiar with the technical details of such work.
The window measures 16 x 23 feet. It was
designed by Mr. Robert McCausland of Toronto,
and carried out in his studios under his personal
supervision in 1 899.

The Toronto Cenotaph, inscribed with
majestic simplicity: “To Our Glorious Dead”,
stands on a wide stone approach in front of the
City Hall, a symbol of Toronto’s sacrifice. The
Cenotaph, “dedicated by the citizens of Toronto

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Toronto — Continued

to the undying memory of those who fell in
the Great War 1914-1918”, was designed
after the style of the great Cenotaph in London
and cut, fittingly enough, in granite from the
heart of Canada — the ‘‘Canadian Shield” of
the geologists.

Civic Employee War Veterans' Honour Guard placing
wreath at Cenotaph November 11th, 1960.

267

Toronto — Continued

Each year on Remembrance Day at the sound
of Big Ben striking the hour of eleven o’clock,
the enwreathed shrine becomes the scene of an
impressive ceremony. The clamour of the city
is hushed for two minutes. Heads are bowed,
and Toronto remembers with gratitude and
sorrow those who fell in World Wars I and II.

More than five thousand Toronto men gave
their lives in the First Great War of the 20th
century. Of the many thousands more who
fought in the second great conflict, World War
II, over thirty-five hundred fell.

The Toronto Cenotaph was erected seven
years after the Great War, its erection being
noted by a tablet which bears this inscription:
“This stone was laid on June 25th, 1925, by
Field Marshal the Earl Haig, Commander-in-
Chief of the British Forces in the Great War.
Thomas Foster, Mayor.”

On its sides appear the names of nine of the
many historic engagements in which the men of
Toronto played a valiant part in World War I
— Ypres, Somme, Mount Sorrell, Vimy, Paaschen-
daele, Amiens, Arras, Cambrai, Zeebrugge.

The Golden Book of Remembrance is

contained in a Memorial, erected by the Cor¬
poration of the City of Toronto, on the landing
of the main stairway in the front corridor of the

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Toronto — Continued

City Hall. The Memorial is dedicated “To the
glorious memory of brave men and women of
the City of Toronto who gave their lives for their
Country in the War, 1939-1945.” It was un¬
veiled by Robert H. Saunders, C.B.E., K.C.,
Mayor of Toronto, on December 28, 1 947. The
Book contains the following inscription: “This
Golden Book of Remembrance is dedicated to
the glory of God and in loving memory of
Toronto’s sons and daughters, who gave their
lives in the cause of Freedom, during the War,
1939-1 945. Herein are inscribed their names.”
It contains some 3,500 names. The following
inscription is on the two front pages of the
Golden Book of Remembrance:

“They are not dead, for to live in hearts one
leaves behind is not to die.”

“They shall grow not old as we that are left
grow old.”

“Age shall not weary them, nor the years
condemn.”

“At the going down of the sun and in the
morning we will remember them.”

269

HANDY FACTS ABOUT TORONTO
DECEMBER, 1960

Altitude —

At Yonge and Wellington
Streets, above the mean sea
level at New York Harbour.. 268 ft.

Mean Level of Lake Ontario

1861 to date . 246.01 ft.

Mean Level of Lake Ontario —

1960 . >. . 246.10 ft.

Area —

Land — square miles . . . 35.09

Water — square miles . 5.54

Assessment — (see Taxation)

Buildings —

Total value of building and
other structures for which
permits were issued in

1960 . $107,471,474.00

Number of permits issued.. 11,733

Number of buildings and

structures erected . 1 1,902

Canadian National Exhibition —

Attendance — 1960 . 2,962,500

Value of buildings and

plant (approx.) . $50,000,000.00

Dates 1961 — August 18th to September 4th,
inclusive (excluding Sundays)

270

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued
City Hall —

Foundation stone laid . 1891

Total cost . $2,500,000.00

Height of tower . 300 ft.

Election Data — Municipal, December 1, 1960

Number of electors . 401,018

Number who voted . 1 85,895

(46.3%)

Employees —

Fire Department . 1,210

Other Departments (permanent

and temporary) . 5,091

Total . 6,301

Harbour —

Total number of vessels entering

and leaving port in 1960 . 4,515

Total tonnage, cargo entering

and leaving port . 4,637,364

Entrance and clearance of vessels
engaged in direct overseas
business . 1,708

History of City —

French Fortified Post — 1750.

First British Post — 1793.

Incorporated as City — March 6th, 1 834.

271

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

Homes ( 1 960) —

Occupied by owners . 89,000

Occupied by tenants . 15,098

Vacant, unfinished and uninhabit¬
able . 1,768

105,866
No. Living Units

Apartment Houses . 32,270

Apartments over stores . 11,699

Duplexes, triplexes, etc . 1 5,098

- 59,058

Grand total, number of living units 1 64,924
Housing —

Regent Park (North) Housing Project —

Low Rental Housing . 1,398 units

Emergency Housing (as at
February 1 , 1961 ) —

Rents geared to income as in

Regent Park . 81 units

Limited Dividend Housing —

Moderate Rental with Fixed
Rents:

Phin Park . 34 units

McCormick Park. . 106 units
Greenwood Park. 81 units

221 units

Total . 1 ,700 units

272

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

Limited Dividend Projects in

Advanced Planning Stage —

Norway Avenue . 33 units

Gerrard and Wayland . 21 units

Seaton Street . 25 units

Queen and Eastern . 1 20 units

Aldergrove . 1 4 units

Shaw and Dundas . 40 units

Total . 253 units

Parking and Stopping — -

Number of curb parking

meters . 5,012

Meter revenue 1960 . $516,500.31

Miles of Streets with No Parking at

specified times . 1 49.4

Miles of Streets with No Stopping

part time . 76.4

Number of Municipal Car¬
parks operated by Park¬
ing Authority . 39

Number of revenue cars
parked on these lots in
1960 . 5,007,170

273

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

Parks and Playgrounds —

Equipped Playgrounds (including 44

wading pools) . 1 49

Baseball Fields . 51

Cricket Fields . 6

Football Fields . 29

Horseshoe Pitches (10 courts) . 2

Tennis Courts . . 123

Bowling Greens . 26

Skating Rinks (Natural) . 65

Hockey Rinks (Natural) . 23

Skating and Hockey Rinks —

(Artificial outdoor) . 12

(Artificial indoor) . 2

Bathing Stations . 4

Boating Stations . 2

Fieldhouses . . 53

Running Tracks . 2

Picnic Areas (accommodation for

over 100 persons each) . 62

Swimming Pools — Outdoor . . 5

Volleyball . 2

274

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

Basketball . 1

Shuffleboard Courts . 2

Swimming Pools (5) — Outdoor:

Attendance 1960 . 419,346

Taught to Swim, 1960 . 395

Swimming Pools — Indoor . 2

Registration, 1 960 . 4,096

Attendance, 1960 . 66,103

Taught to Swim, 1 960 . 2,620

Acreage (Land and Water) . 1,833.53

Park Areas (total number) . 1 36

Summer Playgrounds . 149

No. located on Park Areas.. 51
No. located on School Areas 54
Wading Pools in Parks . 44

Winter Playgrounds . 69

No. located in School Buildings 63
No. located in Park Centres . 6

Registered:

(Children) —

Winter-Summer . 152,109

Total Attendance . 3,902,1 17

275

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

Community Centres .

No. located in School
Buildings .

Registration .

10,003

Total Attendance .

136,191

Swimming Classes in School
Buildings .

Total Registration .

5,1 10

Total Attendance .

41,986

Trees on Street:

No. Removed in 1 960 ...

1,047

No. Pruned in 1 960 .

24,1 19

No. Planted in 1 960 —
City Streets .

2,215

Parks .

2,500

Population . 644,948

Postal Revenue, etc. —

Total from Greater Toronto

area in 1960 exceeds ... $42,000,000.00

Average No. of pieces of
mail handled daily at
Toronto exceeds . 6,000,000 pieces

Peak Christmas Handling

Day . 1 3,000,000 items

276

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued
Schools —

Board of Education Schools —

Special Classes in Public Schools, June, 1 960

Classes

Academic Vocational . 34

Opportunity Classes . 48

Classes in Health Centres . 1 2

Junior Kindergarten . 84

Manual Training Centres . 33

Home Economics Centres . 33

Commercial Classes, Grades IX & X 16

Classes for Deaf Children . 14

Classes for Hard of Hearing . 3

Sight Saving . 4

Speech Correction . 7

New Canadians . 7

Orthopaedic . 1 3

Visiting Teachers — Extramural . 5

Institutions . 7

Aphasic . 3

School Statistics at December 31, 1960

No. of Teachers on Day School Staff:

Public Schools . 2,453

Collegiate Institutes . 449

277

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

Technical Schools . 343

Junior Vocational . 61

High Schools of Commerce . 170

No. of Teachers on Night School Staff:

Public Schools . 6

Collegiate Institutes . 156

Technical Schools . 575

Junior Vocational . .

High Schools of Commerce . 321

Average Daily Attendance for Year 1960:
Public Schools . 61,346

Collegiate Institutes . 9,789

Technical Schools . 4,959

Junior Vocational . 818

Commercial Schools . 3,818

Average Nightly Attendance for the Year
I960: '

Public Schools . 86

Collegiate Institutes . 865

Technical Schools . 2,372

Junior Vocational . .

High Schools of Commerce . 3,146

278

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

No. of Schools —

Public Schools —

(including Hospitals and

Institutions) . 93

Collegiate Institutes . 10

Technical Schools . 4

Junior Vocational . 3

High Schools of Commerce . 4

Value of Buildings, Sites and Equipment —

Total (approx.) . $97,000,000

Street Lights —

No. of lights, public streets and

parks . 32,034

Sewers —

Total mileage —

(Combined sanitary and storm).... 71 2.54
Storm . 89.81

Streets, etc., Mileage —

Streets (miles) . 485.788 (paved 481.344)

Metro roads (mi.),. 98.443

Total (miles) . 584.231

Lanes (miles) . 158.151 (paved 74.116)

Sidewalks (miles). . 938.235

Taxation and Assessments —

Total Assessment —

Real Property . $ 1 ,535,503,090

Business . 300,847,843

Grand Total . $1,836,350,933

279

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued]

Total assessed value of

exempt properties . $ 368,409,026

(not incl. above)

Total assessed value of dwel¬
lings exempt from general
taxation under Partial Ex¬
emption By-law . $ 53,116,875

(Incl. in total assessment above)

Tax Rates —

Total Tax Rate: Public School Supporters —

Residential . 60.00 mills

Commercial . 64.20 mills

Total Tax Rate: Separate School Supporters —

Residential . 60.00 mills

Commercial.. . 64.20 mills

Telephone Facts and Figures —

No. in City Exchanges, December

31st, 1960 . 519,419

No. in local calling area . 795,955

Daily local calls, 1960 (average). 6,71 7,344
Daily outgoing long distance calls

(average business day) . 1 17,467

Total outgoing overseas calls, 1 960 43,500

No. of employees in Toronto . 8,483

No. of vehicles in Toronto . 1,043

Transportation

Public Transportation (Metropolitan System) —
Total passengers carried in

1960 . 282,227,939

280

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

Total miles operated . 48,407,037

Vehicles owned:

Electric street cars . 869

Trolley coaches . 145

Motor buses and coaches . 847

Subway cars . 140

Number of routes:

Bus . 56

Street car . 1 8

Trolley coach . 6

Subway . 1

Total . 81

SUBWAY:

Yearly total passengers . 70,00 0,000

Average weekday passengers 230,000
Miles operated . 7,053,302

Traffic Control —

No. of automatic signals . 329

Arterial stop signs (estimated) . 7,270

No. of street name signs . 1 2,039

No. of flashing signals (overhead).. 14

No. of interconnected traffic signals 230

Flashing Signals (pole mounted) . 75

One-Way Streets (miles) . 96.6

Yield Signs — 87 locations

Pedestrian Cross-overs . 271

University of Toronto — ■

Enrolment . 1 5,500

Teaching staff (approx.) . 2,300

281

Handy Facts about Toronto — Continued

Vital Statistics (Toronto Residents) —

Deaths — all ages, 1960 . 7, 305

Crude rate per 1,000 population.. 1 1.3
Average age of death — all ages ... 66.0

Excluding 0-4 years . 69.6

Infants 0 — 1 years . 346

Rate per 1,000 births . 22.2

Maternal .

Rate per 1,000 births .

Tuberculosis .

Rate per 100,000 population

Diphtheria . Cases— 1

Typhoid fever . Cases — 1 8

Scarlet fever . Cases — 759

Whooping cough. Cases — 177
Poliomyelitis . Cases — 1

0.2
23
3.6

Deaths — Nil
Deaths — Nil
Deaths — Nil
Deaths— Nil
Deaths — Nil

Births —

Residents . 1 5,61 9

Rate per 1,000 population . 24.2

Water —

Consumed in City (Imp. gal.). 40,288,445,000
Consumption per inhabitant

of City daily (Imp. gal.).... 171

Meters, No. in service . 9,293

Miles of mains — domestic.. 671.24

High Pressure Fire System. 17.43

Hydrants, No. (including high

pressure fire systems) . 8,596

Weather Records (see pages 217-219.)

282

PRESENT CITY HALL

The building was opened for public business on
September 18, 1899. The tower rises to a height
of approximately 300 feet from the sidewalk.

283

APPENDIX

MUNICIPAL DIRECTORY

City Council . 286

Board of Control . 286

Standing Committees of the Council and
Local Board of Health . 290

Committees, etc., appointed by City

Council . 292

Boards, Commissions, etc . 295

Representatives of City Council on Hospital
and other Boards . 306

Civic Departments . 307

Court and Judicial Officers . 314

Metropolitan Toronto, Council,

Committees, Officials, etc . 322

KEY

( BC ) appointed by City Council on nomination of
Board of Control.

( B ) appointed by Board of Control.

(BE) appointed by Board of Education.

( BT ) appointed by City Council on nomination of
Board of Trade.

( D ) appointed by Dominion Government.

(DD) appointed by Dominion Government on nomina¬
tion of Board of T rade.

(E) Representatives of Employees.

( H ) appointed by Heads of Departments.

( 0 ) appointed by Hydro-Electric Power Commission

of Ontario.

Date after Names — End of Term.

285

CITY COUNCIL 1961

NAME , First Address Business , Second Address
Residence with telephone numbers.

Mayor

Phillips, Nathan, Q.C.

Mayor’s Office:

Room 207, City Hall EM. 6-8411

Controllers

Summerville, Donald D.

(Vice-Chairman, Board of^Control,
and President of Council)

Room 208, City Hall

2094 Danforth Ave.

EM. 6-8411
OX. 4-4400

Allen, Wm. R., Q.C.

372 Bay St.

40 Ridge Drive

EM. 6-9254
HU. 3-9482

Dennison, William

Room 208, City Hall

23 Pricefield Road

EM. 6-8411
WA. 1-5253

Givens, Philip G., B.A.

Suite 605, 133 Richmond St. W.

76 Caribou Ave.

EM. 8-2771
RU. 2-1809

286

City Council — Continued
Aldermen

Ward

1 Beavis, Fred

12 Lewis Street HO.

1041 Logan Avenue HO.

1 Waters, Kenneth G.

445 Danforth Avenue HO.

48 Jackman Avenue HO.

2 Campbell, Mrs. Margaret, Q.C.

657 Yonge Street WA.

64 Rowanwood Avenue WA.

2 Grayson, B. Michael, B.A.

Suite 602, 330 Bay Street EM.

9 Astley Avenue WA.

3 Archer, William L.

Room 1906, 372 Bay Street EM.

4 Bryce Avenue WA.

3 Tidy, Charles

67 Heath Street West EM.

( Local
WA.

4 Rotenberg, David, B.A.

9th Floor, 320 Bay Street EM.

96 Baycrest Avenue RU.

4 Brown, Horace

50 Austin Terrace LE.

5-0735

5-7488

3-0980

3-9002

5-5101

3-2759

3-0379

1-1016

4-1375

3-1433

8-6767

22059)

1-5883

8-6121

7-7810

2-0156

287

City Council — Continued

Ward

5 Menzies, Harold

869 Bloor Street West
867A Bloor Street West

5 Piccininni, Joseph J.

195 Merton Street
130 Roxborough St. W.

6 Clifton, W. Frank

Apt. 705, 79 Jameson Ave.

6 Robinson, Mrs. May

83 St. Clair Avenue West
(Apt. 601)

7 Davidson, Wm. C., Q.C.

6 Adelaide Street East
75 Oakmount Road

LE. 6-4532
LE. 4-1037

HU. 3-4954
WA. 2-9694

LE. 2-7776

WA. 1-3551

EM. 4-1459
RO. 9-6505

7 Temple, Mrs. Mary

264 Kennedy Avenue

8 Hodgins, Alex

5 Firstbrook Road

RO. 9-1977

OX. 4-9649

8 Wardle, Thomas A.

1881 Queen Street E.
67 Rivercourt Blvd.

OX. 9-2374
HO. 6-1667

288

City Council — Continued

Ward

9 Ostrander, Kenneth M.

2485 Yonge Street
4 Donwoods Grove

HU. 5-0375
HU. 3-7580

9 Nash, Frank L., Q.C.
97 Mildenhall Road

HU. 3-4575

CITY COUNCIL — Meets every alternate Monday
afternoon at 2.00 o'clock ( except during summer
vacation).

BOARD OF CONTROL — Meets every Wednesday
morning at 9.30 o'clock. Deputations are heard
at 10.00 o'clock on alternate Wednesdays ( week
preceding Council Meeting).

289

STANDING COMMITTEES OF
CITY COUNCIL

His Worship the Mayor is ex-officio a member of
all Committees and Local Board of Health

Committee on Public Works

Alderman Menzies, Chr. Alderman Davidson
Controller Summerville ” Grayson

Alderman Beavis ” Hodgins

* Brown ” Nash

” Clifton ” Tidy

Meets Wednesday ( week of Council Meeting )

2.15 p.m.

Committee on Buildings
and Development

Alderman Campbell, Chr. Alderman Robinson^,
Controller Givens ” Rotenberg

Alderman Archer ” Temple

” Ostrander ” Wardle

Piccininm^ ” Waters

Meets Wednesday ( week of Council Meeting)

2.00 p.m.

Committee on Public Welfare,

Fire and Legislation

Alderman Beavis, Chr.

Controller Dennison
Alderman Archer
Brown
Campbell

Meets Thursday ( week of Council Meeting)

2.15 p.m.

Alderman Clifton

Davidson]
Hodgins ft
Menzies
Ostrander'

290

Standing Committees — Continued

Committee on Parks and Exhibitions

Alderman Temple, Chr.
Controller Allen
Alderman Grayson
” Nash

Piccininni

Alderman Robinson
Rotenberg
” Tidy

” Wardle

” Waters

Meets Thursday ( week of Council Meeting )
2.00 p.m.

Local Board of Health

Alderman Tidy, Chr. His Worship the Mayor
Menzies (ex officio)

Ostrander Medical Officer of Health

(ex officio)

Dr. C. C. Goldring, 68 Cheltenham Ave., Toronto 12.
HU. 9-7038 -

Dr. E. A. Linell, 253 Blythwood Road, Toronto 12.
HU. 9-3469

Meets Wednesday ( week of Council Meeting)
11.00 a.m.

Secretaries of City Council, Board of Control, Standing
Committees, Local Board of Health and Special
Committees, at the Department of the City Clerk,
Room 209, City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

291

COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY COUNCIL

Committee on Civic Awards of Merit

(Composed of Representatives of the
Following Interests)

Education — F. C. A. Jeanneret
Music — Sir Ernest MacMillan, Chr.
Community — Mrs. J, S. D. Tory
Business — David M. Woods (BT)

Labour — William Jenoves
Sports — Ted Reeve
Press — Pat Ussher

Secretary — Roy V. Henderson,

City Clerk’s Office, Room 209

Committee of Adjustment
Re Zoning By-law

Judge Robert Forsyth (1-64), Chr.

George A. Lister Professor H. H. Madill

d-62)

Paul McLaughlin
d-62)

(1-63)

W. Frank Holden
d-64)

Sec.-Treas. — Chas. E. Taylor, 465 Bay Street, 12th
Floor.

292

Committees of Council — Continued

Housing Authority of Toronto

(BC) William C. Dies, Chr. (5-62)

(BC) Con. Wm. Dennison (BC) Mrs. S. J. Allin

(5-62) Vice-Chr. (5-62)

(BC) Aid. K. G. Waters (BC) C. J. Woolsey

(5-62) (5-62)

Executive Director — F. E. Dearlove.

Executive Secretary — F. H. Cormack,

415 Gerrard Street East, EM. 3-7453.

Parking Authority of Toronto

Ralph C. Day, Chr. (6-61)

Alfred Ward (6-61) John F. Ellis (6-61)

General Manager — Robert G. Bundy

Office — 36 Adelaide Street West, EM. 8-7021.

City of Toronto Planning Board

(BC) W. Harold Clark, Chr. (12-63)

Nathan Phillips, Q.C., Mayor.

(BC) Harry G. Kimber (BC) J. Sydney Midanik
(12-61) (12-62)

(BC) Stuart M. Philpott (BC) Melville J. Kelly
(12-62) (12-63)

(BC) Purdy Churchill (BC) Lewis W. Lawson
(12-63) Vice-Chr. (12-61)

(BC) Mrs. E. B. Dustan Controller P. G. Givens

(12-62) (substitute for Mayor)

Commissioner of Planning and Secretary-Treasurer —
M. B. M. Lawson, 4th Floor, 129 Adelaide Street
West, EM. 6-8411, Local 437 or EM. 6-6640
(after 4.30 p.m.)

293

Committees of Council — Continued

Toronto Civic Employees
Pension Committee

(BC) Aid. Tidy
Chr.

(E) J. F. MacDonald

City Treasurer
City Solicitor
(E) J. J. Andrews

Toronto Historical Board

Wm. J. Stewart, Chr.
Philip Torno,

Vice-Chr.

John M. Gray
J. C. Boylen
C. P. Stacey

(BC) Con. Wm. Dennison
H. R. Alley
H. C. Campbell
Managing Director — J. A.

Office — Stanley Barracks,
Toronto 2B.

Hamilton Cassels, Jr.
Wm. E. Fleury
Mrs. E. C. Guillet
F. C. Hamilton
V-Adm’l E. R. Mainguy

B. Napier Simpson, Jr.

C. H. J. Snider

Dr. A. D. Tushingham
Aid. Mrs. Mary Temple
McGinnis.

LE. 1-3301

Toronto Fire Department
Superannuation and Benefit Fund

(BC) Con. Donald D.

Summerville, Chr.
City Treasurer
City Solicitor
(E) James W. Thomson

(E) T. Kendall
(E) Bernard Bonser
Leonard Leigh
Chief of Fire
Department

294

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, ETC.
Board of Education

Ward

1 Oscar T. Sigsworth, 58 Frizzell Ave.

William R. Stainsby, 835 Queen St. E.

2 Robin S. Harris, 305 Inglewood Dr.

Mrs. Evaleen Barker, 357 Blythwood Rd.

3 Edward M. Davidson, Chr., 85 Duggan Ave.
Mrs. J. Isabel Ross, 500 Avenue Rd., Apt. 401.

4 J. Sydney Midanik, 336 Walmer Rd.

Keele S. Gregory, 3 Dacotah Ave.

5 Henry L. McKinstry, 1030 Davenport Rd.
Ernest Jones, 406 Whitmore Ave.

6 Mrs. Irene McBrien, 1447 King St. W.

W. C. Dymond, 32 Maynard Ave., Apt. 806

7 Rev. J. V. Mills, 21 Harcroft Rd.

Mrs. Hazel C. MacDonald, 51 Oakmount Rd.

8 Mahlon F. Beach, 485 Danforth Ave.

Ross, William P., 165 Balsam Ave.

9 Roy C. Sharp, Suite 905, 50 King St. W.
Douglas R. B. Annett, 80 Glengrove Ave. W.

Representatives of Separate School Supporters

Thomas E. McDonnell John F. Walsh

Z. S. Phimister ^Director of Education.

Administration Building — 155 College Street ,

EM. 2-4941.

295

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

Board of Trade

W. E. Williams, President

Clifton H. Lane, Q.C., 1st Vice-President

G. Allan Burton, 2nd Vice-President

H. T. O’Neill, Honorary Treasurer
Sydney Hermant, Immediate Past President

COUNCIL

(Board of Trade)

J. P. Anderson
John T, Bryden
Tullis^N. Carter
A. H. Creighton
Alan Y. Eaton
T. J. Emmert
S. M. Gossage
Robt. E. Harris
D. H. Jupp

Gage H. Love
David B. Mansur
G. E. Phipps
R. D. Poupore, Q.C.
John H. Taylor
O. W. Titus
Donald K. Tow
Wm. G. Tredway
Eric Wynne

A. T. Lambert

General Manager — J. W. Wakelin
-4^. Gen. Mgr. and Sec. — G. H. Stanford

Offices — Board of Trade Building, 11 Adelaide St. W.,

EM. 6-6811.

296

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

Canadian Manufacturers’ Association

W. H. Evans — President

T. T. McLagan, F. D. Mathers,

1st Vice-President 2nd Vice-President

T. A. Rice, Honorary Treasurer

General Manager — General Secretary —

J. C. Whitelaw, Q.C. E. G. Reburn

Offices — 67 Yonge Street , EM. 3-7261

Ontario Division — D. M. Chisholm, Chairman

G. C. Bernard, Manager

Toronto Branch — Ray A. Engholm, Chairman

G. C. Bernard, Manager

297

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

Canadian National Exhibition

W. P. Freyseng, President

J. M. Fraser, 1st Vice-President
W. H. Evans, 2nd Vice-President

LIFE DIRECTORS

J. A. Scythes
Col. K. R. Marshall
R. C. Berkinshaw

J. A. Northey
Wm. A. Harris
Harry I. Price

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SEC. “A"

(CITY COUNCIL AND MUNICIPALITY)

Mayor Nathan Phillips

Controller Summerville Alderman Davidson

Controller Allen Alderman Robinson

Controller Dennison Alderman Temple

Controller Givens Alderman Waters

H. G. Kimber Reeve Waffle

F. G. Gardiner

SEC. liB” (GENERAL MANUFACTURERS
AND LIBERAL ARTS SECTIONS)

Thos. E. Boyce

G. G. Brigden
W. H. Evans
W. P. Freyseng
D. F. Hamilton

H. H. Lawson
T. A. Rice

F. G. Rolph

G. H. Sheppard

H. M. Turner

298

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

SEC. “C” ( AGRICULTURAL SECTION)

Percy Bone
John Bull
T. R. Clarkson
J. Elliott Cottrelle
Kenneth E. Deacon

J. M. Fraser
Dr. C. D. Graham
Geo. C. Hendrie
Dr. S. R. McKelvey
George Rodanz

General Manager — H. E. McCallum.

Secretary — R. J. Dixon.

General Offices — Exhibition Park , EM. 6-7551.

Good Neighbours1 Club

Board of Management

Mrs. Gordon N. Kennedy, Chairman

Mrs. May Birchard Ralph W. E. Dilworth
(C) Aid. Campbell (C) Aid. Grayson

Mrs. J. H. C. Clarry Mrs. C. G. Stogdill

Executive Secretary — A. J. Elliott,

298 Sherbourne Street, WA. 3-9453.

Redevelopment Advisory Council

R. C. Berkinshaw
Col. G. Allan Burton,

Chairman

Dr. W. H. Cruickshank
Alan Y. Eaton
Col. J. F. Ellis
Bertrand Gerstein
Brig. W. P. Gilbride

S. M. Gossage
Conrad F. Harrington
Sydney Hermant
Allen T. Lambert
John S. Proctor
G. H. Sheppard
J. P. R. Wadsworth
Brig. F. C. Wallace

Secretary — Office of Commissioner of Planning ,
129 Adelaide St. W., 4th Floor, EM. 6-6640.

299

Boards, Commissions, etc* — Continued

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

J. H. Crang, President

Geo. Rodanz,

Geo. T. Bell

S. G. Bennett

W. E. Breckon

John Bull

C. F. W. Burns

Hon. G. Peter Campbell

W. M. Campbell

E. M. Carroll

F. C. Fletcher

J. Grant Glassco

Vice-President

John W. McKee
J. A. Northey
Gordon F. Perry
O. D. Vaughan
F. C. Wallace
Trumbull Warren
W. P. Watson
D. B. Weldon
Harry Willis, Q.C.

General Manager — C. S. McKee.

Assistant General Manager — James R. Johnston.

Offices — Royal Coliseum, Exhibition Park ,
EM. 6-7551.

Ravina Gardens Arena and Lands
Board of Management

William A. Bothwell A. Gilbert

Roy J. Brown (C) Aid. Temple

R. W. Chisholm Gordon L. Wallace

Secretary — Albert Gilbert, 2229A Dundas Street W.

300

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

Runnymede Hospital

Board of Directors
E. C. Roelofson, President
(Mrs.) E. B. Dustan, Vice-President

Robert H. Brown
Norman S. Caudwell
Chief of the Medical
Staff

Miss R. J. Morris
Mayor Nathan Phillips
Leslie H. Saunders
N. V. Sawyer
W. J. Stewart
J. E. Stothers
(C) Aid. Mary Temple
C. J. Weeks
Sam Wilson

Miss Bianca M. Beyer, Reg. N., Superintendent,
274 St. Johns Road, RO. 2-1167

Ted Reeve Arena Board of Management

301

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

Metropolitan Toronto Convention
and Visitor Association

Frederick G. Gardiner Nathan Phillips,

Honorary Pres. Hon. Vice Pres.

Oliver B. Mabee

President

Alex Maurice, J. J. Stanway,

Vice-Pres. Vice-Pres.

General Manager — William M. Murdoch.
Secretary-Treasurer — Frank Scammell. —

Office — 37 King Street East , Room 28, EM. 2-4791.

The Toronto Harbour Commissioners

(BC) Geo. A. Wilson ( Chairman )

(D) Harry G. Kimber (BC) William A. Bennett

Vice- Chairman

(DD) J. Stewart (BC) Wm. Jenoves

General Manager — E. B. Griffith, Q.C.

Secretary — W. M. H. Colvin.

Harbour Master — H. J. Snelgrove.

Comptroller — D. Weir.

Director of Trade Development — Capt. E. C. Hopkins.
Offices — 60 Harbour Street, EM. 4-1451.

Toronto Humane Society

W. G. Fraser Grant, Q .C., President.

City Council Representative — Aid. Ostrander.

General Manage) — George Hulme.

Director of Public Relations — Col. E. George Reade,
11 Wellesley Street West, WA. 2-1191.

302

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

Toronto Hydro-Electric System

(BC) Bertram Merson, Chairman
(0) John McMechan, Vice-Chairman
Nathan Phillips, Mayor.

General Manager and Chief Engineer — H. Hyde.
Assistant General Manager — M. White.
Secretary — J. C. Ramsay.

Offices — 14 Carlton Street, EM. 3-2261.

Metropolitan Toronto
Industrial Commission

R. C. Berkinshaw — Honorary President
N. P. Petersen — Honorary Vice-President

G. H. Sheppard, President

Vice-Presidents

D. M. Allan G. Allan Burton O. L. Jones

Directors

Frederick G. Gardiner, Q.C.

Chairman , Metropolitan Toronto Council

J. Scythes
James Stewart
C. A. Walton

H. E. McCallum
John McMechan
J. A. Northey

W. H. Palm

Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager —

W. A. Willson.

Offices — Canada Permanent Building, 320 Bay Street,
EM. 8-1616.

303

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

University Settlement Recreation Centre

Board of Management

Prof. G. deB. Robinson, Chairman

Mrs. D. T. Fraser W. W. Small

Prof. John Morgan Prof. George Tatham

Executive Director — Harry Morrow, 23 Grange Road,
EM. 4-9133.

Toronto Public Library Board

W. Harold Male, Q.C., Chairman
(C) Controller Wm. Dennison

John M. Bennett, M.A., Ph.D.

John E. Corcoran, Q.C.

Hon. Mr. Justice J. Maurice King
Mrs. Peter Sandiford

Chief Librarian — Henry C. Campbell

Secretary-Treasurer — Newman F. Mallon.

Offices — Central Library Building, corner College
and St. George Streets, 924-9511.

304

Boards, Commissions, etc. — Continued

Metropolitan Toronto Traffic Conference

H. W. Tate, Chairman
C. LaFerle, Vice-Chairman

Secretary — Hugh T. Lemon,

c/o The Board of Trade of Metropolitan
Toronto,

11 Adelaide Street West, Toronto,

EM. 6-6811.

George Bell Arena
Board of Management

(C)^E. M. Robertson (C) Wallace Scott

( Three persons to be appointed by City
Council at a later date )

305

REPRESENTATIVES OF CITY COUNCIL ON
HOSPITAL AND OTHER BOARDS, 1961

Art Gallery — Aldermen Brown, Davidson, Nash,
Tidy and Wardle.

Canadian Red Cross Society, Toronto Branch
— Alderman Robinson and Tidy.

Laughlen Lodge — Controller Dennison and Aider-
men Archer and Robinson.

New Mount Sinai Hospital — Controller Givens
and Alderman Rotenberg.

North Toronto Community Corporation —
Alderman Nash, Controller Givens and Alderman
Ostrand^n,

Our Lady of Mercy Hospital for Incurables —
Alderman Piccininni.

Runnymede Hospital — Controller Dennison and
Alderman Temple.

St. Joseph’s Hospital — Alderman Clifton.

St. Michael’s Hospital — Controller Allen and
Alderman Beavis.

Toronto East General Hospital — Alderman
Hodgins and Waters.

Toronto General Hospital — Alderman Archer,
Campbell, Nash, Robinson and Temple.

Toronto Western Hospital — Aldermen Brown
and Menzies.

Women’s College Hospital — Alderman Robinson.

Woodgreen Community Centre — Controller Allen
and Aldermen Beavis and Waters.

306

CIVIC DEPARTMENTS

Mayor’s Department

Room 207 , City Hall , EM. 6-8411.

Nathan Phillips, Q.C., Mayor.

Executive Assistant — F. C. Hamilton, 24 Heddington
Ave, HU. 9-8116.

Audit

Room 303, City Hall, EM. 6-8411, Local 425

R. A. Stephenson, City Auditor, 122 Mavety Street,
RO. 9-7927.

J. F. H. Connor, Deputy City Auditor, 57 Tower
Drive, Scarborough, PL. 5-2933.

Buildings and Development

11th Floor , City Hall Annex,

465 Bay Street, EM. 6-8411, Local 571

F. E. Wellwood, Commissioner, 196 Coldstream Ave.,
HU. 8-0439.

Ronald H. Milne, Director of Building Regulations,
29 Ashgrove Place, Don Mills, HI. 4-1764.

307

Civic Departments — Continued
City Clerk’s

Room 209, City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

C. E. Norris, City Clerk, 67 Delisle Ave., WA. 5-0937.

Morey J. Gordon, Deputy City Clerk, 99 Cuffley
Crescent North, Downsview, ME. 3-1736.

Secretary to Board of Control

Gordon T. Batchelor, 440 Glengarry Avenue,
RU. 1-1303.

Director of Elections and Court of Revision
Richard S. Scott, 26 Kildonan Drive, OX. 1-1912

Finance

Room 104, City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

W. M. Campbell, Commissioner of Finance and City
Treasurer, 39 Panmure Crescent, AM. 7-6940.

W. A. Wilford, Director of Treasury Division, 31
Grangemill Cres., Don Mills, HI. 4-3575.

C. E. Brannan, Director of Budget and Organization,
317 Horsham Ave., Willowdale, BA. 5-7625.

B. Cramer, Director of Data Processing, 275-A Glen-
forest Rd., HU. 9-7603.

H. J. Kirk, Director of Accounting, 337 Burnett
Ave., Willowdale, BA. 1-0420.

308

Civic Departments — Continued
Fire

Headquarters: 152 Adelaide Street West,

EM. 3-3579.

Enquiry - EM. 3-2138

Alarms of fire - - EM. 1-1111

Leonard Leigh, Chief, Fire Department, 11 Douglas
Avenue, HU. 3-8580.

F. Coakwell, Deputy Chief, 39 Douglas Avenue,
HU. 9-7552.

Health

City Hall Annex, 465 Bay Street, EM. 6-6481.
City Ambulance — EM. 3-5678-9.

Dr. A. R. J. Boyd, Medical Officer of Health, 84 Colin
Avenue, HU. 9-1378.

Dr. G. W. O. Moss, Deputy Medical Officer of Health,
67 Rose Park Drive, HU. 5-0165.

Mr. W. S. Dunfield, Administrative Assistant, 2175
Avenue Road, Apt. 2, HU. 5-1340.

309

Civic Departments— Continued
Legal

Room 309, City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

J. Palmer Kent, Q.C., City Solicitor, 279 Glengrove
Avenue West, HU. 9-2240.

R. C. Baird, Q.C., Deputy City Solicitor, 470 St.
Clements Avenue, HU. 3-5443.

W. R. Callow, Corporation Counsel, 7 High Park
Gardens, RO. 2-9353.

Parks and Recreation

9th Floor, City Hall Annex, EM. 6-8411.

Geo. T. Bell, Commissioner, 111 Prennan Avenue,
BE. 1-6471.

M. F. Matthews, Co-ordinator of Services, 167 Hanna
Road, HU. 8-3104.

C. Coates, Director of Parks, 124 West Rose Avenue,
BE. 3-9740.

W. G. Colhoun, Director of Recreation, 30 Warlaw
Crescent, Thistletown P.O., CH. 4-0036.

Personnel

Room 320, City Hall , EM. 6-8411.

Albert C. King, Commissioner, 88 Ferris Road.

Robert G. Humphrey, Director of Personnel Services ,
16 Martorino Drive, AM. 1-6638.

Donald R. Johnston, Director of Labour Relations,
1 Rock Elm Road, PL. 5-0980.

310

Civic Departments — Continued

Property

7th Floor, City Hall Annex, 465 Bay St., EM. 6-8411.

Harry H. Rogers, Commissioner , 470 Castlefield
Avenue, HU. 5-1367.

William J. Irons, Administrative Assistant, 73 High-
croft Road, HO. 3-9156.

John G. Sutherland, Director of Architecture, 51
Alhart Drive, Thistletown P.O., CH. 1-5953.

Harold A. Wooding, Director of Services, 371 Davis-
ville Avenue, HU. 3-7506.

James A. Snider, Director of Maintenance, 25 Pine

' ' Avenue, OX. 4-9583.

Purchasing and Stores Division

Room 18, City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

Douglas G. Judd, Director, 15 Rathgar Avenue,
BE. 1-8969.

Real Estate Division

Room 202, City Hall, EM. 6-8411, Ext. 531

David Alexander, Director, 324 Cranbrooke Avenue,
RU. 3-2617.

Samuel J. Jackson, Supervisor of Valuation and
Negotiation, 31 Downing Street, BE. 1-6347.

Albert S. Arnold, Chief Clerk, 27 Janet Boulevard,
.Scarborough, PL. 5-2600.

Welfare

City Hall Annex, 465 Bay Street, EM. 8-1081.

Miss Robena J. Morris, Commissioner, 2745 Yonge
Street, HU. 9-4514.

William A. Turnbull, Director of Welfare Services,
56 Heather Road, Agincourt, AX. 3-7005.

Walter L. Warriner, Administrative Assistant,

14 Broadleaf Road, Don Mills, HI. 4-1514.

Civic Departments — Continued

Works

10th Floor , City Hall Annex , EM. 2-5711.

H. D. Bradley, Commissioner, 240 Oriole Parkway,
HU. 5-7201.

DIVISIONS

Planning and Control
10th Floor, City Hall
Annex, EM. 2-5711

Engineering
505 Richmond St. W.
EM. 2-5711

Surveying

511 Richmond St. W.
EM. 2-5711

Operations
505 Richmond St. W.
EM. 2-5711

Streets

90 Albert Street
EM. 2-5711

Equipment
786 Dundas St. East
EM. 2-5711

Traffic

129 Adelaide St. W.
EM. 2-5711

DIRECTORS

A. D. Ford,

78 Heathcote Ave.,

HI. 7-7420

D. F. McCarthy,

4 Avalon Blvd.,

OX. 1-3678

W. J. G. Wadsworth,

4 Plumstead Court,
Islington, BE. 1-1549

J. D. Near,

11 Agar Crescent,

BE. 1-6187

G. E. Taylor,

21 Coldstream Ave.,
HU. 8-2507

L. G. Osborne,

140 Bowood Avenue,
HU. 5-4203

W. A. Mitchelson,

112 Martin Grove Rd.,
BE. 3-6148

312

MAJOR CIVIC EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATIONS

Credit Union Limited

President — T. E. Ashton
Treasurer- Manager — V. Morgan
465 Bay Street

Fire Fighters’ Association

President — Ben Bonser
Secretary — W. Noble
1904 Queen St. East

Local Union No. 79 (Office Staffs)

President — E. E. Kennedy
Secretary — R. Monkman
Room 336, City Hall

Local Union No. 43 (Operations Staffs)

President — Wm. Overkott
Secretary — J. Hutchison
Room 337, City Hall

Quarter Century Association

President — J. K. Mitchell
Room 212, City Hall

War Veterans’ Association

President — Robert G. Humphrey
Secretary — James A. Bailey
505 Richmond St. W.

313

COURT AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Assize Court Office

Assistant Registrar — Room 219, City Hall .

C. C. Bradley, 277 Monarch Park Avenue,

HO. 5-3045.

Chief Coroner

Coroner's Building, 86 Lombard Street ,

EM. 3-5670.

Dr. Smirle Lawson, 189 St. George Street,

WA. 2-1200.

Secretary — Edward Armour, 116 Park Home Ave.,
Willowdale, BA. 5-2991.

County Court Judges

Senior Judge

Robert Forsyth, Room 107, City Hall,
EM. 6-8411.

377 Glengrove Avenue West, HU. 8-0626.

Junior Judges

Ian McL. Macdonell,

15 Ormsby Crescent,
RU. 2-5544.

Garth'F. H.IMoore,

217 St. Leonards^ Av.
HU. 5-1922.

Samuel Factor,

493 Spadina Road,

H. J. M. Donley,

525 Chaplin Cres.,
Apt. 801, RU. 3-5736.

HU. 3-2222.

314

Court and Judicial Officers — Continued

Junior Judges

Frank G. J. McDonagh,

69 Cheritan Avenue,
HU. 3-1967.

Frank Denton,

16 Killarney Road,

HU. 9-5621.

J. Ambrose Shea,

46 Castle Knock Rd.,
HU. 5-2972.

( Continued )

Farquhar J. Macrae,

211 Forest Hill Rd.,
HU. 1-2540.

Harold W. Timmins,

323 Cortleigh Blvd.,
RU. 2-0751.

E. L. Weaver,

43 Chestnut Pk. Rd.,
WA. 2-9319.

Judges' Secretary — Archibald Perkins, 174 Balsam
Avenue, OX. 1-8153.

Office — EM. 6-8411, Local 260.

County Court Clerk

Room 109, City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

J. H. Kennedy, 116 Van Dusen, BE. 1-9801.

Clerk of the Peace

Room 13, City Hall, EM. 6-8411.
Morgan L. Piper, 39 Churchill Avenue,
Willowdale, BA. 1-1874.

315

Court and Judicial Officers — Continued

Crown Attorney

Room 176 , City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

William 0. Gibson, Q.C., 176 King Street, Oakville,
Telephone, VI. 5-2403.

Assistant Crown Attorneys

Henry H. Bull, Q.C., 976 Avenue Road, HU. 8-4068.

Arthur O. Klein, Q.C., 103 Gordon Rd., Willowdale,
BA. 5-6433.

J. Bowman Galbraith, Q.C., 2199 Harcourt Cres.,
Port Credit, AT. 9-1385.

William H. Langdon, Q.C., 27 Glenborough Park
Cres., Willowdale, BA. 1-2558.

L. K. Graburn, 52 Gwendolyn Crescent, Willowdale,
BA. 5-5952.

N. McRae, 565 Avenue Road, WA. 2-2646.

P. J. Rickaby, 565 Avenue Road, WA. 2-2646.

R. A. Cormack, 113 Farnham Avenue, WA. 5-7618.

James Crossland, Apt. 117, 127 Broadway Ave.,
HU. 7-0481.

Frederick J. Bannon, Apt. 98, 494 Avenue Road,
WA. 2-8712.

316

Court and Judicial Officers — Continued

Juvenile and Family Court of
Metropolitan Toronto

311 Jarvis Street , WA. 4-0631;

WA. 4-1273 {nights).

Senior Judge
V. Lome Stewart

Miss V. Fantham, Secretary to Senior Judge.

Deputy Judges

John G. Grudeff
H. Shaw

N. K. Bennett
M. Chambers

Clerk of the Court — J. H. Rose, J.P.
Executive Officer — G. W. Dalgliesh
Director of Social Services — W. L. Little
Director of Clinical Services — Dr. W. E. Blatz

First Division Court

90 Albert Street

Clerk — Mrs. E. Flett

Deputies — Mrs. Marguerite Smith
Miss June Cardwell

317

Court and Judicial Officers — Continued

Magistrates’ Courts and Offices

Ground and First Floors , City Hall,

East Corridor, EM. 6-8411.

Senior Magistrate

Thos. S. Elmore, Q.C., 8 Anglesey Boulevard,
BE. 1-5309.

Administrator of Magistrates' Court Office

R. W. Ruggles, Room 12, City Hall, EM. 6-8411,
Local 563.

Magistrates

F. W. Bartrem, Q.C., 54 DeVere Gardens,

HU. 5-6708.

S. Tupper Bigelow, Q.C., 1 Mallory Gardens,
WA. 4-5504.

M. J. Cloney, 2046 Malbrook Road, Oakville,
Victor 4-9520.

H. D. Foster, 100 Bedford Road, WA. 2-3573.

N. A. Gianelli, 208 Balmoral Avenue, WA. 3-5156.

D. F. Graham, 42 Tremont Crescent, Don Mills
P.O., HI. 4-1318.

W. F. B. Rogers, 40 Grangemill Crescent, Don Mills
P.O., Unlisted telephone.

C. A. Thoburn, Q.C., 119 Welland Avenue,

HU. 9-4812.

T. H. Wolfe, 12 Lawrence Avenue East, HU. 8-8741.

318

Court and Judicial Officers — Continued

Deputy Magistrates

J. L. Addison, 551 St. Clements Avenue, RU. 1-1708.

J. W. Butler, 105 Wright Avenue, Richmond Hill,
TU. 4-1847.

C. W. Guest, 435 Sherbourne Street, WA. 1-6836.
C. V. Linn, 49 St. Hubert Avenue, HO. 5-3126.

A. E. Newall, 109 Cadorna Avenue, GA. 1-6800.

R. G. Pearse, Gormley, Ontario, Gormley 5235.

J. Rennicks, 4 McCord Road, HU. 9-1686.

R. C. Taylor, 12 Ashton Manor, BE. 3-5094.

F. N. Thompson, 73 Chatsworth Drive, HU. 3-6577.

Solicitor-Prosecutor

M. M. Kelso, Q.C., 110 St. Leonards Avenue,

HU. 9-4574.

319

Court and Judicial Officers — Continued

Assistant Registrar, Civil Jury and
Non-Jury Sittings

Room 217 , City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

W. F. Shaughnessy, 75 Leacrest Road, Apt. 7,
HU. 1-8758.

Sheriff, County of York

Rooms 113 and 114, City Hall,

EM. 6-8411, Local 295.

Philip J. Ambrose, Sheriff, County of York,
EM. 6-8411.

Deputy Sheriffs

John F. Gillis, 450 Winona Drive, RU. 7-1913.

C. L. Stark, 40 Glengowan Road, HU. 8-3682.

R. Y. Cory, 2A Wilberton Road, HU. 3-5632.

Special Examiners

357 Bay Street, EM. 3-9605 and EM. 3-9938.
Patricia Foy Singer Mary L. McEvoy

Surrogate Court

Judge

Ian McLean Macdonell

Registrar — Room 111, City Hall, EM. 6-8411.

A. Herbert Ingram, 12 Leona Drive, Willowdale,
BA. 1-4113.

Deputy

Morgan L. Piper, 39 Churchill Avenue, Willowdale,
BA. 1-1874.

320

Court and Judicial Officers — Continued

City Registry Office

Corner Albert and Chestnut Streets, EM. 6-8411.

Registrar

Ian T. Strachan, Q.C., 148 Stibbard Avenue,

HU. 5-2233.

Deputies

Austin Johnson, 31 Tichester Road, LE. 4-3915.
Ernest Lynn, 36 Seven Oaks Avenue, BE. 2-0353.
William Edwards, 228 Deloraine Ave., HU. 9-4631.

Master of Titles
and Director for Ontario

W. Marsh Magwood, Q.C., EM. 6-8411, Local 564;
Edenbrook Hill, Islington, BE. 9-6716.

321

196 1

THE MUNICIPALITY OF
METROPOLITAN TORONTO

Metropolitan Council

Frederick G. Gardiner, Q.C., Chairman

(E&W)

(E&R)

(E&P)

(R)

(H)

(W)

(P)

(R)

(P)

(W)

(R)

(E&R)

(R)

(P)

(W)

(P)

(H)

Toronto Representatives

Mayor Nathan Phillips, Q.C.

Controller Donald D. Summerville
Controller William R. Allen, Q.C.
Alderman William L. Archer
Alderman Fred J. Beavis
Alderman Mrs. Margaret Campbell, Q.C.
Alderman W. Frank Clifton
Alderman Wm. C. Davidson, Q.C.
Alderman Alex Hodgins
Alderman Harold Menzies
Alderman Kenneth M. Ostrander
Alderman David Rotenberg, B.A.

Suburban Representatives

Mayor George W. Bull, Weston
Reeve Albert M. Campbell, Scarborough
Reeve Mrs. Marie Curtis, Long Branch
Reeve Miss True Davidson, East York
Reeve Norman C. Goodhead, North York
Mayor Hugh M. Griggs, Mimico
Reeve Mrs. Dorothy Hague, Swansea

322

Municipality of Metro Toronto — Cont.

(E&H) Mayor Charles H. Hiscott, Leaside
(VV) Mayor Donald R. Russell, New Toronto
(H) Reeve Laurie T. Simonsky, Forest Hill
(VV) Reeve Fred C. Taylor, York
(E&P) Reeve H. 0. Waffle, Etobicoke

Key Committee
(E) Executive

(VV) Works
(R) Roads and Traffic
(H) Welfare and Housing
(P) Parks and Recreation

Chairman

Frederick G. Gardiner,
QC.

Norman C. Goodhead
Mrs. Marie Curtis
VV. Frank Clifton
Alex Hodgins

Metropolitan Licensing Commission

Magistrate Frederick W. Hall, Chairman

Magistrate C. A. Thoburn, Q.C., Vice-Chairman
Frederick G. Gardiner, Q.C.

Office — 171 Eglinton Avenue East, HU. 1-5226.

Metro Board of Commissioners of Police

Magistrate C. O. Bick, Chairman

Judge Ian M. Macdonell, Vice-Chairman
Magistrate Thomas S. Elmore, Q.C.

Mayor Nathan Phillips, Q.C.

Frederick G. Gardiner, Q.C.

Office — 92 King Street East, EM. 2-1711.

323

Municipality of Metro Toronto — Cont.

Metropolitan School Board

Mr. T. H. Goudge, Chairman
Mr. J. Sydney Midanik, Vice-Chairman

T or onto Representatives

Mahlon F. Beach
Edward M. Davidson
Robin S. Harris
Mrs. Irene McBrien
Henry L. McKinstry

J. Sydney Midanik
John V. Mills
Mrs. J. Isabel Ross
Roy C. Sharp
Oscar T. Sigsworth

Suburban Representatives

Alexander Adamson,
Swansea

Donald W. Brown,
Leaside

W. Edgar Eade,

East York
W. Clare Farrow,
Lakeshore

Thomas H. Goudge,
Etobicoke

Mrs. Elis Grossberg,
Forest Hill

Mrs. Ella L. Norman,
Weston

Mrs. Julia Pearce,
North York
George Peck,
Scarborough
Harry Royle,

York

Separate School Representatives
F. J. Boland Geo. C. Power

Executive Secretary — W. J. McCordic

Office — 155 College Street , EM. 8-3432.

324

Municipality of Metro Toronto — Cont.

Metropolitan Separate School Board

Ward

1 Michael J. Duggan, Chr.

2 Gerard Godin

3 Rt. Rev. Bernard Kyte

4 Leo McLaughlin

5 George A. Collins

6 Rev. Wilfrid Gavard

7 James G. Culnan

8 Gerald Kavanagh

9 Rev. Edward T. Madigan

10 Very Rev. Percy Johnson

1 1 Kevin Fitzgibbons

12 Rev. Thomas J. McCabe

13 Dr. John J. Andrachuk

14 George B. Heenan

15 Edward J. Brisbois

16 Stanley J. McKenzie

Business Administrator and Secretary-Treasurer —
John Middleweek.

Office — 477 Jarvis Street, WA. 3-2403, 4, 5.

Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board

J. P. Maher, Chairman
Hiram E. McCallum, Vice-Chairman

William L. Archer

W. A Harris

(Sub. for Mayor Phillips) G. Heenan

J. W. Berry
A. M. Campbell
W. F. Clifton

S. Hermant
A. Hodgins
C. J. Laurin

325

Municipality of Metro Toronto — Cont.

Mrs. Marie Curtis
Miss True Davidson

(Sub. for A. M. Campbell)
C. C. Downey, Q.C.

C. R. Forsyth
F. G. Gardiner, Q.C.

N. C. Goodhead
B. M. Grayson

G. E. Longhouse
Mrs. I. McBrien
W. G. Messer
G. Peck

Nathan Phillips, Q.C.
G. Shephard
R. W. Speck
C. J. Woolsey

Commissioner of Planning and Secretary-Treasurer —
M. V. Jones.

Offices — 790 Bay Street, Room 513, EM. 6-6263.

Toronto Transit Commission

(Appointed by Metropolitan Council)
Clarence C. Downey, Q.C., Chairman

Charles A. Walton,
Vice- Chairman

William G. Russell,
Commissioner

Ford G. Brand,
Commissioner

Brig. G. A. Secord, O.B.E.,
Commissioner

General Manager of Operations — J. G. Inglis.

General Manager (Subway Construction) — W. H.
Paterson.

General Secretary — H. E. Pettett.

Offices — 1900 Yonge Street, HU. 1-4252.

326

Metropolitan Officials

Assessment Commissioner — A. J. B. Gray, 387 Bloor
Street East, EM. 6-8411, Local 341 or 342.

Auditor — G. Cuthbertson, 160 Bloor Street East>
WA. 5-6361, Local 46.

Chief of Police — J. P. Mackey, 92 King Street East,
EM. 2-1711.

Civil Defence, Co-ordinator — H. H. Atkinson, 278
Davenport Road, 924-9761.

Clerk — W. W. Gardhouse, 67 Adelaide Street East,
368-3851.

Co-ordinating Officer, Courts of Revision — A. G.
Cranham, 387 Bloor Street East, EM. 6-8411,
Local 529.

Commissioner of Finance — G. A. Lascelles, 160 Bloor
Street East, WA. 5-6361, Local 21.

Commissioner of Property — F. D. Cavill, 171
Eglinton Avenue East, HU. 1-7247, Local 1.

Commissioner of Roads — G. O. Grant, 75 Eglinton
Avenue East, HU. 1-6171, Local 1.

Commissioner of Welfare and Housing — R. J/Smith,
380 Christie Street, LE. 1-5771, Local 20Por 202.

Commissioner of Works — R. L. Clark, 55 Eglinton
Avenue East, HU. 1-3411, Local 1 or 2.

Governor of Jail — D. Dougall, 550 Gerrard Street
East, HO. 6-2164.

Parks Commissioner — T. W. Thompson, 1681 Bay-
view Avenue, 485-9491.

Personnel Officer — G. W. Noble, 387 Bloor Street
East, 924-7411.

Solicitor — C. F. Moore, Q.C., 160 Bloor Street East,
WA. 5-6361, Local 56.

Traffic Engineer — S. Cass, 171 Eglinton Avenue
East, HU. 1-5695, Local 1.

327

INDEX

Municipal Directory — Listing Members
of Council, Committees, Boards,
Commissions, Civic Departments,
Courts and Judicial Officers, Metro¬
politan Council Committees and
Officials, including location, tele-

phone numbers of offices, etc,...

...285-327

Gen¬

eral

Names of
Members
& Officials

Act of Incorporation .

...53, 254

Airports .

165

Altitude .

270

Ambulance Service .

.104

, 134

Architect New City Hall .

Area of Toronto .

270

Art Gallery .

227

Assessment and Taxation .

.125

, 279

Assistant Registrar

Civil Jury and Non-Jury Sittings

314

Assize Court Office .

314

Audit Department .

307

Births, Marriage and Death .

Board of Control:

Duties and Responsibilities .

Members of .

286

Board of Education:

Members of .

295

Qualifications Required to be
Trustee .

Statistics .

329

Names of
Gen- Members
eral & Officials

Board of Management:

George Bell Arena . 305

Good Neighbours’ Club . 299

Ravina Gardens . 300

Ted Reeve Arena . 301

University Settlement . 304

Board of Trade . 193 296

Book of Remembrance . 268

Builders Exchange . 201

Buildings and Development . 64 307

Statistics . 65, 66, 270

Canadian Citizenship Registry . 215

Canadian Manufacturers’ Association 194 297

Canadian National Exhibition . 166 298

Statistics . 270

Canadian National Institute for

the Blind . 207

Canadian Opera Company . 233

Canadian Red Cross Society . 209

Casa Loma . 93

Cenotaph . 266

Census (Dominion) . 53

Chief Coroner . 314

City Clerk’s Dept . 67 308

Births, Marriages and Deaths . 70

Marriage Licenses . 72

330

Gen¬

eral

City Council:

Duties and Responsibilities . 29

Former Members’ Association . 199

Members of .

Qualifications Required to be

Member . 36

Record of Service . 51

Representatives on Boards and
Commissions .

Standing Committees of .

City Hall . 262

Business Hours . 2

Cornerstone . 263

First . 263

New . 19, 141

Public Holidays . 2

Stained Glass Window . 264

Statistics . 271

Tower . 264

Civic Awards of Merit Committee.... 15
Civic Employees Pension Committee.
Civic Employee Organizations

(Major) .

Civic Square . 19, 141

Civil Jury, Registrar .

Clearing House Statistics . 204

Clerk of Peace .

Consumers’ Gas Company . 185

County Court Clerk .

Names of
Members
& Officials

286

306

290

292

294

313

320

315

331

Names of
Gen- Members
eral & Officials

County Court Judges . 314

Court and Judicial Officers . 314

Crown Attorney . 316

Daylight Saving Time . 2

Debenture Debt . 126

Division Court . 317

Election Statistics . 38

Employees Statistics . 271

Finance Department . 308

Statistics . 121

Fire Department . 73 309

Statistics . 74-78

Superannuation and Benefit Fund 294

First Industry . 259

First Public Transportation . 260

Gifts Received by the Corporation.... 23

Good Neighbours’ Club . 299

Government of Canada

Local Senators . 54

Toronto and District Members.... 55

Governor General of Canada . 54

Handy Facts about Toronto . 270

Harbour Commissioners . 163 302

Statistics . 271

Health Department . 97 309

Statistics . 282

Historical Board . 173 294

332

Names of
Gen- Members
eral & Officials

History of Toronto . 244

Statistics . 271

Homes Statistics . 272

Hospitals and Institutions . 105

Housing Authority of Toronto . 144 293

Statistics . 272

Housing Registry . 151

Humane Society . 200 302

Hydro-Electric System . 186 303

Insulin Discovery . 261

International Jury, New City Hall.... 19

Juvenile and Family Court . 317

Legal Department . 310

License Data . 131

Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario . 56

Limited Dividend Housing Corp . 150

Local Board of Health:

Members of . 291

Composition of . 31

Magistrates Court Offices . 318

Marriage License . 72

Master of Titles . 321

Mayor Nathan Phillips, Q.C . 6

Mayor’s Department . 59 307

Mayor’s Chain of Office . 4

Mayors of Toronto . 46

333

Names of
Gen- Members
eral & Officials

Mendelssohn Choir . 223

Metropolitan Government
of Toronto

Duties and Responsibilities . 235

Licensing Commission . 323

Members of Council and

Committees . 322

Metropolitan Roads in Toronto.... 240

Municipalities forming Metro¬
politan Area, including Popula¬
tion, Area and Assessment . 242

Officials . 327

Planning Board . 325

Police Commissioners . 323

School Board . 324

Separate School Board . 325

Toronto Transit Commission . 326

Metropolitan Toronto Convention

and Visitor Association . 195 302

Metropolitan Toronto Industrial

Commission . 197 303

Metropolitan Toronto Traffic

Conference . 198 305

Municipal Elections:

Information Relating to . 32

Statistics . 38

Voters’ List — Municipal . 32

— Resident . 33

Voting on Questions and By¬
laws, Qualifications . 35

Municipal Government . 28

334

Names of
Gen- Members
eral & Officials

Municipality of Metropolitan

Toronto . 235

Museum (Marine) . 175

National Ballet of Canada . 230

O’Keefe Centre . 220

Parking . 27 3

Parking Authority of Toronto . 152 293

Statistics . 27 3

Parks and Recreation Department.... 79 310

Statistics . 274

Personnel Department . 87 310

Planning Board . 136 293

Population of Municipalities in

Metropolitan Area . 242

Population of Toronto . 53, 242, 276

Postal Revenue Statistics . 276

Prime Minister of Canada . 54

Prime Minister of Ontario . 56

Property Department . 91 311

Province of Ontario, Executive

Council . 56

Toronto and York Members . 58

Public Holidays . 2

Public Hospitals . 105

Public Library Board . 157 304

Purchasing and Stores Division . 119 311

Ravina Gardens Board of

Management . 300

Real Estate Division . 119 311

335

Names of
Gen- Members
eral & Officials

Redevelopment Advisory Council . 299

Regent Park Housing . 145 293

Registry Office . 321

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair . 170 300

Runnymede Hospital . 161 301

St. Lawrence Hall . 96

Senate Members . 54

Sewers . 279

Sheriff . 320

Social Planning Council . 213

Special Examiners . 320

Standard Time Invention . 262

Stanley Barracks . 175

Stock Exchange . 205

Street Cleaning . 117

Street Lights . 279

Street Mileage . 279

Surrogate Court . 320

Surveying Division . 115

Symphony Orchestra . 224

Taxation . 279

Taxicab Tariff . 132

Ted Reeve Arena, Board of

Management . 301

Telephone Service . 183

Emergency Calls . 2

Statistics . 280

336

Names of
Gen- Members
eral & Officials

Toronto Builders’ Exchange . 201

Toronto City Planning Board . 136 293

Toronto Historical Board . 173 294

Toronto Clearing House Statistics . 204

Toronto Convention and Visitor

Association . 195 302

Toronto Fire Dept. Superannuation

and Benefit Fund . 294

Toronto Harbour Commissioners . 302

Toronto Housing Authority Statistics 293

Toronto Humane Society . 200 302

Toronto Hydro-Electric System . 186 303

Toronto Industrial Commission . 197 303

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir . 223

Toronto Public Library Board . 157 304

Toronto Symphony Orchestra . 224

Toronto Stock Exchange . 205

Toronto and District Labour Council. 202

Toronto Transit Commission . 189 326

Statistics . 280

Traffic Control . 281

Traffic Engineering . 118

Trees on Streets . 276

United Community Fund of

Greater Toronto . 211

University of Toronto . 177

Statistics . 281

Names of
Gen- Member*

eral & Official*

University Settlement, Board of

Management . 304

Vilijo Revell (Architect) . 21

Vital Statistics . 282

Voters’ Lists . 32

Water Rates . . . 128

Weather Records . 217

Welfare Department . 107 311

Works Department . 113 312

Divisions —

Planning and Control . 312

Engineering . 312

Surveying . 312

Operations . 312

Streets . 312

Equipment . 312

Traffic . 312

Statistics —

Altitude . 270

Area . 270

Parking . 273

Sewers . 279

Street Lights . 279

Street Mileage . 279

Traffic Control . 281

Water . 282

Yonge Street, Opening of . 258

Zoning By-law Committee of

Adjustment . 65 292

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